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Molten lava is comming out from a fissure on the Reykjanes peninsula 3km north of the evacuate town of Grindavik, western Iceland on Dec. 19, 2023. (KRISTINN MAGNUSSON/AFP via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) A massive volcano eruption in Iceland has triggered a warning from government officials that toxic gas is venting from a 2 1/2-mile-long fissure, but earlier predictions that the pollution could reach the capital have dissipated. Growing fears of the toxic plume on the Reykjanes Peninsula where the volcanic activity is occurring prompted the Icelandic Meteorological Office to closely monitor wind directions and measurements of potentially dangerous particles spreading across the region. Christopher Ham, a volcanologist at the University of Arizona, told ABC News that volcanic gas likely contains "a lot of very toxic material, especially sulfur." "Locally, it could be very dangerous," Ham said. The Meteorological Office warned Tuesday afternoon that "gas pollu

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