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NORTH OF SYLINGARFELL, Iceland (Reuters) -A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday for the third time since December, pumping lava up to 80 metres (260 feet) into the air and disrupting life in the Reykjanes peninsula. Fountains of bright-orange molten rock spewed from cracks in the ground and lava crossed a road near the Blue Lagoon - a luxury geothermal spa - which had closed its doors on Thursday due to the outbreak. The lava flow also hit thermal-based water pipes in the regio...

A volcano in southwestern Iceland has erupted for the third time since December and sent jets of lava into the sky

A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday for the third time since December, sending jets of lava into the sky.

An aerial view shows lava after volcano eruption northeast of Sylingarfell, near Grindavik, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland early Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (Iceland

A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday for the third time since December, sending jets of lava into the sky and triggering the evacuation of the...

By MARCO DI MARCO - Associated Press GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday for the third time since December, sending jets of lava into the sky and triggering the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa, one of the island nation's biggest tourist attractions. The eruption began at about 0600 GMT (1 a.m. EST) along a three-kilometer (nearly two-mile) fissure northeast of Mount Sýlingarfell, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said. The site is about 4

An underground dike containing an estimated 2.4 billion gallons of magma began erupting for the third time on the Reykjanes Peninsula on Thursday.

The flare-up — the second this year and sixth since 2021 — took place north of Grindavik, the fishing village that was evacuated last month

Geothermal spa had reopened in January following a closure in November

The lava flow hit thermal-based water pipes in the region just south of the capital, disrupting the supply of hot water to more than 20,000 people.