Volcanic eruption in Iceland forces thousands to evacuate

Live video from south-western Iceland showed the fifth time that the volcano has erupted since December.

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00:00A volcanic eruption in Iceland forced hundreds to evacuate.

00:06Red streams were shot over 150 feet into the sky in the latest display of nature's power.

00:13Local media report that the eruption triggered the evacuation of hundreds from the popular

00:19Blue Lagoon geothermal spa.

00:22The police had to shut the road off and tell us that it's going to be an eruption any time

00:27soon.

00:28So what are you going to do now?

00:30Well we're planning on getting up on that hill and see if we can see anything of the

00:35eruption.

00:38The eruption was triggered after a series of earthquakes north of the coastal town of

00:43Grindavik with its population of almost 4,000 people being evacuated.

00:51This is the fifth time the volcano has erupted since December.