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The eruption began about 6am, sending lava into the air along a 1.9-mile-long fissure northeast of Mount Sundhnukur, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said.
Hotels near the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, Iceland’s top tourist attraction, were evacuated overnight, and earth barriers have been built to protect the area from lava flows.
The eruption ripped a two-mile-long fissure in the ground at about 6am, sending lava into the air northeast of Mount Sundhnukur, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said.