Early on Sunday, a new volcanic eruption began outside the Icelandic town of Grindavik, prompting residents to evacuate. Lava began flowing from existing and newly opened cracks in a fissure, as emergency crews worked to complete a protective wall of dirt and rock, hoping to direct the flow away from the town’s center. Several houses in Grindavik were burned and crushed before the flow of lava paused once again.
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Gas, steam, and smoke rise above flowing lava during a volcanic eruption on the outskirts of the evacuated town of Grindavik, in western Iceland, on January 14, 2024. #
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Lava flows from a volcanic fissure in Grindavik, Iceland, on January 14, 2024. #
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Emergency personnel use construction equipment to build a protective wall in order to prevent flowing lava from reaching the center of Grindavik on January 14, 2024. #
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Emergency crews use excavators to fill in the last gap in a protective wall outside Grindavik on January 14, 2024. #
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Lava flows toward Grindavik on January 14, 2024. #
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Lava flows from a volcano as houses burn in Grindavik on January 14, 2024, in this screen grab obtained from a social-media video. #
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Houses burn as lava flows into a neighborhood in Grindavik on January 14, 2024. #
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An aerial view of the active fissure outside Grindavik on January 14, 2024 #
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A helicopter flies near the active eruption in Grindavik on January 14, 2024. #
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Jets of lava are seen just north of Grindavik on January 14, 2024. #
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Lava flows near residential buildings in Grindavik after an eruption on January 14, 2024. #
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An aerial view of the cooling lava field just outside Grindavik on January 15, 2024 #
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Lava cools, its advance stalled after burning and crushing several houses in Grindavik, seen on January 15, 2024. #
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A truck drives past as lava flows from the Fagradalsfjall volcano, north of Grindavik, on January 15, 2024. #
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Billows of volcanic gas, steam, and smoke appear on the outskirts of the southwestern Icelandic town of Grindavik after a volcanic eruption, on January 14, 2024. #
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