![]() ![]() The Icelandic Met Office warned: “Due to the release of tension, it is likely that the magma will have an easy way to the surface.” But only emergency workers were allowed in 24 hours later after raised levels of this volcanic gas were detected in the stricken town. The day before they had been allowed in briefly to collect their pets and medication. On Thursday officers stopped disappointed residents from entering the ‘red zone’ to collect belongings. This volcanic gas proves the magma is close to the surface with some experts claiming this lava in one minutes could fill two Olympic sized swimming pools. At the police checkpoints set up around the dangerous ‘red zone’, there is an ominous smell of sulphur dioxide. While other workers are facing a race-against-time to build a wall around the Svartsengi power plant, which is in the southwest of the island known as the Reykjanes Peninsula.
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