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"It is important that roads and other things are as accessible as possible."<\/p>\n
The eruption ripped open a 2.5 mile-long crack in the surface of the volcano, which at one end is only three kilometres from local town Grindavik.<\/p>\n
Grindavik itself is only 25 miles southwest of Iceland's capital Reykjavik.<\/p>\n
A government spokesperson previously said: "The eruption does not present a threat to life".<\/p>\n
The lava is appearing to flow away from Grindavik instead of towards it, giving residents and officials hope for minimal disruption.<\/p>\n
Local geologist Bjorn Oddson told Icelandic media RUV: "The eruption is taking place north of the watershed, so lava does not flow towards Grindavik".<\/p>\n
This is the volcano's fourth eruption in just two years.<\/p>\n
One tourist from the US, Robert Forrester, who wanted a closer look,said it was like "something from a movie".<\/p>\n
Four boys told local media that they always go to watch eruptions in the local area and said: "We are trying to see the eruption. <\/p>\n
"Unfortunately, we didn't get any closer. It's a hobby that we've had for four years, attending every single eruption, and we'll continue to do so."<\/p>\n
Iceland\u00a0is seen as a seismic and volcanic hot spot as the two plates – Eurasian and\u00a0North American\u00a0– move in opposite directions.<\/p>\n
The country declared a state of emergency after recent concerns increased, with the UK foreign office warning that "no travel can be guaranteed safe".<\/p>\n
Halldor Geirson, an associate professor at the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland, warned that the eruption "could potentially go on for several months".<\/p>\n
He also said it could "just stop later today or tomorrow".<\/p>\n
Geirson warned that there "is still a threat" to Grindavik.<\/p>\n
Reykjavik is also at risk of gas pollution tonight or tomorrow as a result of the eruption, Iceland's Met Office warned.<\/p>\n
A statement said: "According to the weather forecast, gas pollution could be noticed in the capital area late tonight or in the morning.<\/p>\n
"New work is being done on a hazard assessment card and it will be issued later today."\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tourists have anxiously waited to see if travel in and out of Iceland would be affected by Monday's eruption.<\/p>\n
But a government spokesperson said on Tuesday: "There are no disruptions to flights to and from Iceland and international flight corridors remain open."<\/p>\n
An evacuation effort had already taken place in recent days that saw nearly 4,000 people moved out of the fishing town of Grindavik in the country's southwest.<\/p>\n
Iceland's president,\u00a0Gu\u00f0ni Thorlacius J\u00f3hannesson, said: "It is not clear what damage it can cause, but now we rely on our scientists as well as all those who need to do monitoring and other operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
"Above all else, we protect human life but we do all the defence of structures to the best of our ability."<\/p>\n
Inhabitants of Grindavik described being whisked from their\u00a0homes\u00a0as the ground shook, roads cracked and buildings suffered structural damage in a recent devastating spell of bad weather.<\/p>\n
Belgian-born Hans Vera, 56, has lived in Iceland since 1999 and said there had been a constant shaking of his family's house.<\/p>\n
"You would never be steady, it was always shaking, so there was no way to get\u00a0sleep," said Vera, who is now staying at his sister-in-law's home in a Reykjavik suburb.<\/p>\n
"It's not only the people in Grindavik who are shocked about this situation it's the whole of Iceland."<\/p>\n
Almost all of the town's 3,800 inhabitants had been able to find accommodation with family members or friends, and only between 50 and 70 people were staying at evacuation centres, a rescue official said.<\/p>\n
Some evacuees were briefly allowed back into the town on Sunday to collect belongings such as documents, medicines or\u00a0pets, but were not allowed to drive themselves.<\/p>\n
"You have to park your car five kilometres from town and there's 20 cars, huge cars from the rescue team, 20 policemen, all blinking lights, it's just unreal, it's like a war zone or something, it's really strange," Vera said.<\/p>\n
The nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa had also been closed as a precaution.<\/p>\n
It comes after a British woman\u00a0filmed her boyfriend's house shaking\u00a0before they were forced to flee amid euption fears.<\/p>\n
Caitlin McLean, from\u00a0Scotland, was visiting her boyfriend Gisli Gunnarsson when a series of earthquakes led to the evacuation of 3,000 people from Grindavik.<\/p>\n
Ms McLean, 34, captured the moment the furniture and light fixtures shook violently in Mr Gunnarsson's home on Friday.<\/p>\n
The couple packed only a few essential items to stay with Mr Gunnarsson's mother in Reykjavik.<\/p>\n
The Reykjanes peninsula is a volcanic and seismic hot spot southwest of the capital.<\/p>\n
The Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption of 2010 was the second-largest of the 21st century, resulting in the cancellation of almost 100,000 flights across Europe.<\/p>\n
A six-day airspace ban was implemented because of the ash clouds filling the sky.<\/p>\n
That volcanic event, where lava was also seen spewing hundreds of metres into the air, lasted from March 20 to June 23.<\/p>\n
In March 2021, lava fountains erupted spectacularly from a fissure in the ground measuring between 500-750 metres long in the region's Fagradalsfjall volcanic system.<\/p>\n
And\u00a0just months ago in July, the Fagradalsfjall volcano erupted\u00a0again following heightened seismic activity in the area.<\/p>\n
The Icelandic Meteorological Office said last Monday that there was a "significant likelihood" of an eruption in coming days on or just off the Reykjanes peninsula near the capital Reykjavik, despite the size and intensity of earthquakes decreasing.<\/p>\n
Matthew James Roberts, director of the service and research division at the meteorological office said: "We believe that this intrusion is literally hovering, sitting in equilibrium now just below the earth's surface."<\/p>\n
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