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Fresh volcanic eruption triggers evacuation in south-west Iceland

Plumes of lava reaching 50 metres into air as people are moved away from Grindavik near Blue Lagoon spa

A volcanic eruption has begun on the Reykjanes peninsula in south-western Iceland, according to the country’s meteorological office, shortly after authorities evacuated the nearby town of Grindavik.

“An eruption has started near Sundhnukagigar, north of Grindavik,” the Icelandic meteorological office said in a statement on Wednesday, almost three weeks after the end of a previous eruption that started on 16 March.

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