A volcano in Iceland is erupting again, spewing lava and cutting heat and hot water supplies

By MARCO DI MARCO
Associated Press

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland has erupted for the third time since December and sent jets of lava into the sky. The eruption on Thursday morning triggered the evacuation the Blue Lagoon spa which is one of the island nation’s biggest tourist attractions. Several communities on the Reykjanes Peninsula were cut off from heat and hot water as a river of lava engulfed a supply pipe. The Icelandic Meteorological Office says the eruption has opened a 3-kilometer or nearly 2-mile fissure northeast of Mount Sýlingarfell. The eruption is about 4 kilometers or 2½ miles northeast of Grindavik, a coastal town of 3,800 people that was evacuated before a previous eruption on Dec. 18.