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It, wave after wave came in. >> reporter: firemen and police are going door-to-door, urging folks to leave after ten more homes were destroyed. >> disturbingly, some people just refuse to leave. so it kind of gives us terrifying insight into what is going on out there. >> reporter: the hawaii national guard said this is a sign they are seeing more and more, lava covering roads and creating one less escape ground for those who might become stranded. that fountain of lava you see behind me, scientists estimate is shooting 180 feet in the air. >> i look outside and there's a river of lava running...

There was another explosive eruption at the summit before midnight eastern. 6:00 p.m. in hawaii. now concerns of additional evacuations are needed. our stephanie elam has been following this for us. >> reporter: dave and christine, you can see the kilauea eruption continues. let me step out so you get a good look of the lava fountain that continues to explode up to the sky here. at times it seems to get stronger. a little softer. the force is still quite obviously there. adding to that river of black lava that has coursed down the side here into the ocean and from here and from helicopters, we...

We can see the plume of the lava running into the ocean is still very much releasing steam. that mixture of something called laze. hydrochloric acid as well as particles of glass which can be very dangerous to the skin, eyes and breathing as well. that plume has been nonstop since the lava hit the ocean and continues to hit there. the air quality is also still a very big concern for the people who live here as the plumes of volcanic gasses continue to erupt from the earth. also, in the distance, you hear the loud sonic boom every now and then. that would be volcanic gasses escaping from the ea...