would be gone i go now. there s three fissures next to my house. i m thinking they ll grab ahold of each other. reporter: steve s fear turned to fact. the fissures have banded together into a massive volcanic complex. kilauea s eruption is callous in its haphazardness, leaving residents with a thick vein of hope each day. how defeel? at this point we re numb. it s been three weeks. the heart breaks slowly. reporter: a few hundred feet away from his driveway, the lava oozes closer. it s taken out some homes here, swallowed by the unforgiving molten rock, tin roofs in a see of black. it looks like it will fill in the space. then when that happens, is when all hell is going to break loose. reporter: we were just standing down here five minutes ago and there was no lava fountain to be seen. take a look at this now.