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Watch live: Volcano in Iceland erupts again | World News

An Icelandic volcano has started erupting again – the fifth time since December.

The outburst happened on the Reykjanes peninsula, home to some 30,000 people, just south of the capital Reykjavik.

The eruption began in the early afternoon following a series of earthquakes north of Grindavik, a fishing town of 3,800 people that was evacuated.

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Lava was shooting around 50 metres into the sky from a fissure that is roughly one kilometre long, the Met Office said.

The Blue Lagoon thermal spa, which is popular with tourists, was evacuated before the eruption, Iceland’s national broadcaster RUV reported.

Previous incidents had forced evacuations, disrupted district heating, closed key roads – and even razed several houses in Grindavik.

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