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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Stuti Mishra and Steffie Banatvala

Tourists evacuated as Iceland volcano erupts opening up 2.4km-long fissure

A volcanic fissure that opened up in Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula expanded on Thursday after an eruption forced the evacuation of local residents and travellers staying at the famous Blue Lagoon spa.

Lava was still flowing on Thursday, after what officials say was the twelfth eruption in the region since 2021.

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