Iceland Opens Access to Volcanic Eruption Site as Fumes Subside
- Eruption intensity, gas concentration have both decreased
- No ash plume is expected as lava flows from fissures on ground
People watch flowing lava near Litli Hrutur, Iceland on July 10.
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Iceland began admitting people to the site of a volcanic eruption after most noxious gases dissipated.
Some 24 hours after magma flows started in the uninhabited area on the Reykjanes Peninsula, the eruption had quieted enough to allow crowds near the site, according to the Civil Protection Services. The fissure is near the spot where previous eruptions happened in 2021 and 2022, for the first time in about 800 years in that area.