Volcanic eruption in the Canary Islands

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Published 20 September 2021 at 10.22

Abroad. The Cumbre Vieja volcano erupts on the Canary Island of La Palma. Right now the volcano is only pumping smoke, but lava has flowed over houses.

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“The eruption has JUST begun in LA PALMA”, wrote the Canary Islands Volcanological Institute on Twitter at 16.30 on Sunday Swedish time.

This is the first eruption that this volcano has had in 50 years .

Around 1,000 residents have been evacuated, of which 300 who were in the immediate area have gathered on a football pitch.

A total of 85,000 people live in La Palma. In the last eruption in 1949, one person died. He stood too close to the volcano and was poisoned by the smoke.