Iceland volcano: Construction workers flee lava near Grindavik

Vehicles being used to build defensive walls around Grindavik to divert magma away from the fishing town, had to flee as lava spewed towards them.
Defences were built in December to prevent lava reaching homes, but some have been partially breached.
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[@naskov5819]

I just have to point out that I watched on live web cams as the construction workers, in the middle of the night, repeatedly ran up black hills towards the flowing lava to save the construction equipment they later used to build another berm to protect the town. No one fled from the lava. Terrible, inaccurate headline that is a disservice to their heroism.

[@tomnicholson2115]

The title of this video is a lie, those workers didn't flee, they saved what equipment they could and went straight back to work on another section of the wall. Your title makes it sound like they just ran away!

[@epiendless1128]

I'd have emphasised the brave workers running into danger to save the equipment, not the fleeing. Watching these heroes on the live stream racing to the scene to rescue the equipment that we were sure was lost was the highlight of the eruption. Great story. Sky missed it.

[@joshp4582]

probably ordered by their corporate owners to protect the most important thing, money.

[@gneiss_kitty]

100% agree! These workers ran toward the lava, not only once but multiple times... they certainly didn't flee! Sky missed the mark.

[@ToysandUnboxHub]

be careful everyone out there ❤

[@poetmaggie1]

I suspect there is lava under the town, it just has not surfaced yet it could just continue out to sea but as long as it is moving under ground it can come up any place.

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

There's been massive, widespread uplift surrounding Grindavik. The harbor is in the most danger. This is why the government isn't pouring resources to the town. They'll relocate the town, but there's no need for a town without the harbor. I admire these wonderful, resilient people, but they got dealt a losing hand.

[@PedigreeMongrel]

It is unfortunately reality of living in a country with lots of volcanic activity there is always the chance these things can happen hopefully the government supports them with relocation.

[@asbisi]

@@PedigreeMongrel I hope so too. They need to step up and help those people. Iceland can do that, it is not a poor country.

[@joshp4582]

@@outlawbillionairez9780 and now I see the agenda at play, the bots are already coming out and acting like these people should be forced off their land, calling it "relocation" coaching it in flowery language.

[@Lore-mc7zw]

see how the bawts promote the agenda of removing these people from their lands...

[@barneyrubble4293]

"It could have been so much worse" How exactly? The town is condemned and uninhabitable, riddled with dangerous crevasse and the looming threat of an eruption pretty much anytime. The town is gone, even if it's not covered in lava.

[@leifforrest]

1:19 their clock is sideways

[@patrickbureau1402]

World is on Fire ! - After watching Our Northern Canada's wildfires this summer 2023 - our heart & preyerz are with the Displaced Familyz !🇨🇦 - nature is a force that brings out compassion -

[@vinayrajguru2001]

My deep condolence to the people of Grindavik.

[@i_dont_live_here]

The town is done. Period.

[@writerconsidered]

I think its too early to decide. Let things settle down and see where things stand. If things stay where they are the town can come back.

[@MrsBrit1]

The infrastructure is pretty much ruined. they've lost electricity and water. They had over 600 quakes in the area just yesterday with more land uplift. Seems very unlikely it will recover, certainly not any time soon.

[@robertcargill4533]

Yall be safe out there!!

[@mallikabalu2032]

Prayers for all living beings🙇‍♂️🙇‍♀️

[@andybussa1323]

Unfortunately, prayers do nothing

[@bhew7409]

@@andybussa1323 thats not true, if it helps people through hard times it ought to be respected

[@kotexconnection3804]

@@bhew7409 religion is a crutch for those who can't handle reality

[@mallikabalu2032]

Prayers are not based in any religion or rituals. It is based in the belief that the universal energy that forms this world would help the troubled lives. Yes. Prayers do work. It also means getting strength to face adversity and survive. Just praying and no effort will never yield any positive result. And this has been stated in all religions. Many a times prayers are a form positive force that do reach where it is intended and help is made available. No. I am not talking of magic.

[@richieflesfadar6893]

More sensationalised media hype! Fleeing from lava? Seriously??? A snail could almost outrun that 🙄🙄🙄

[@lavalady5097]

Our men did not flee. These guys literally carried on working as the lava aporoached

[@crazyscott2646]

Not fire fountains. They are called splatter cones!

[@GX-th8is]

💁‍♂️ And it's still not done erupting. 🌋👀

[@plamenfilev5696]

No stress

[@thegotlandisfarmer8774]

This it’s just the start this volcano has a pattern I history, a few hundreds years of eruptions and around 1000 years slumber, last time this volcano system was awake was around 600-700 years ago, this it’s just a natural progression and the town sadly it’s in the center of it pattern of eruptions

[@dylerturden8018]

America: thin blue line Iceland: thin brown line

[@michaelkelsey574]

Well when u lose stuff new stuff is created thats better then the old stuff sometimes at least.... Yeah its nice haveing the old and new though.. it all cost $

[@RFMvids70]

Why wait so long to move equipment? #RFMvids

[@TheTrueLeMonarque]

im pretty sure they work making lava barriers as quickly as possible for last ditch efforts to save the town.

[@MrsBrit1]

They were working until late in the night building barriers, went home, eruption started early in the morning. After assessing, they moved the equipment.

[@Zoonjse]

Last minute building new barriers and so on. then getting equipment out of there.

[@figurerobloxdoors2512]

It is not stoping yet please be aware

[@Pfuetzenspringer]

Effing clickbait

[@Lornoor]

"It could have been worse" Yet, for three families it can't get any worse now. Their houses are gone, and they will not be any more gone even if the entire town is covered by lava.

[@percyfaith11]

Can't get worse? It can always get worse. They could have been gone themselves or in a burn hospital.

[@asbisi]

At least those three families will get compensated by insurance - the rest of the residents are in a terrible limbo.

[@svyatoslavrurikovich8831]

One of those three houses that got destroyed was actually just built and was neither occupied nor sold to anyone yet by the housing company that owned it before its destruction.

[@hahyrningr]

​@@svyatoslavrurikovich8831 It had actually been sold, as the property owner built it himself and intended to move in before Christmas. He had been living in another house in Grindavík prior to the evacuation, which was also unfortunately badly damaged by earthquakes.

[@jondonnelly4831]

Could be burned alive. Could be dead. Could lose loved ones.

[@vonrock6862]

Imagine Pompeii

[@johnparr5879]

Don't..... mess with..... Natures.... Construction *

[@ralphbooger4756]

this is the most IGNORANT "news" report i have seen on this event to date... and i could only be bothered with the first 15 seconds of this video!

[@hahyrningr]

How is this ignorant? Please elaborate.

[@Dan-jg7zl]

People acting like its over.

[@123TauruZ321]

The THHHOwn of Grindavik HHHas CHOOOme .... ugh that voice ....

[@GizaDog]

Drama = Views

[@itsmeDaddyStu]

Look for gold and diamonds. Great opportunity.

[@rdhawke]

Iceland is like the Hawaiian archipelago,...made of lava from very active volcanos. Wouldn't live on either...

[@davidgray2653]

Nice and warm? For jacket potatoes

[@johnstreet797]

I don't know how to say clickbait baloney in Icelandic so I won't.

[@IorioFrateschi]

I hope that in that city or area there are no nuclear power plants or anything else

[@johannwaage6156]

We don’t use nuclear power in Iceland, green energy here, mostly geothermal or hydroelectric. But there are two big geothermal energy plants close, in Svartsengi which is currently pumping magma towards Grindavík and Reykjanesvirkjun just east of Grindavík.

[@steventurner8428]

Well after all it is an act of some ones god.

[@firozaalcock290]

My heart goes out to the people in Iceland but remember urll God is still kn the throne and will provide for u all wr oraying for u SA

[@spacemonkey200]

Why can't anyone build a power station that runs on this green energy?

[@hahyrningr]

The Svartsengi geothermal power plant does exactly that.

[@user-td3yv6wb7y]

Weeee lets live by a volcano. What could possibly happen. Well duh. Shows how smart people really are.

[@maryleekomaniecki5799]

I think that, second only to love and dependence upon Our Lord to guide us, is the importance of following our native intelligence and instinct for survival. We do not want to suffer from what is termed, "normalcy bias." People can become so dependent upon things being as they always have been, to the point of simply not recognizing that things have definitely changed, and it may be time for a radical move in response to how things have changed. It is very difficult to change so dramatically, but the alternative may be absolutely lethal for many.

[@nishalall3510]

Climate action needs attention !!!!

[@1erinjames]

One of the last warnings....

[@andybussa1323]

What

[@1erinjames]

@@andybussa1323 I fully believe that Judgment is being piled up and is soon to be exacted in the whole world. I see the signs everywhere.

[@gordondean2165]

Hey, trump hasn't been re-elected yet, don't despair

[@lorrenaelliott161]

I was thinking thr same.. after a worker fell into a sinkhole and got washed out to sea they didn’t find him… they still carried on working trying to build something to protect the town. Then th4 magma erupted other side of the barrier they just built… I feel like nature is trying to earn them not to come back…. This area has woken up and it’s not going to go back to sleep for years ….they need to all relocate

[@joshp4582]

@@lorrenaelliott161 "nature" nah... more like someone is deploying tectonic weaponry, trying to force them off the land to suit an agenda

[@Hefty54]

What is wrong with fire fighting planes to spray water on the front edge to slow it down. Instead of just looking at it destroying homes displacing families. The land is flat and easy to spray unlike forest of hills. At least give it a try.

[@AngelaH2222]

The lava is being forced up from below, spraying water might cool neighbouring houses to prevent the radiated heat/ flying embers from burning them, but only solid barriers like the soil/concrete dykes will stop lava...a sprinkling of water does nothing

[@Torgonius]

Probably because they don't have those planes over there. There aren't a lot of wild forests in Iceland.

[@epiendless1128]

So the lava spreads out and attacks the town on a broader front? I'm sure the Icelanders will use water if and when it serves a practical goal.

[@AngelaH2222]

@@epiendless1128 they are expecting the fissure to open up further within the town, water bombing will have little impact on lava at 1,000°c ...and I don't think they have accessable magma chambers to pump sea water into ... it's not as if Iceland doesn't "care" enough

[@Hefty54]

Really I said put water on the front edge to cool and make its own buffer. Please read comments better. Also its very close to the ocean and don't say salt is bad for land, Lava is worse.@@gibson4676

[@tnnsboy18]

I'm from the UK and I've heard there's a lot of incest that goes on in Iceland

[@Styler212]

Thank the Lord God 🙏 Almighty.Could have been worst thus far.

[@gordondean2165]

Yes, screw the efforts of the brave citizens who did amazing work to protect their town. It's all down to your imaginary friend - who sent the lava to them because he was bored.

[@princessofthecape2078]

So... they risked their lives for machinery? What idiots.

[@johannwaage6156]

Those exact machinery most likely saved the majority of the town from being engulfed in molten lava

[@hahyrningr]

Some of the only machinery of their kind in the entire country were there, and those exact machines were then used to further strengthen the fortifications around the town, effectively saving half of it.

[@sigisoltau6073]

Without that machinery there'd be no defenses around Grindavik. Those machines were used to build those very defenses that saved most of Grindavik. And they'll be used for future defenses.

[@ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation]

ITs GODs Will [ Let it BE ]

[@pauldickman4379]

Hey according to the bible any christian with a mustard seed of faith could block the lava by moving mountains in front of it!

[@vinayrajguru2001]

Displacement of tactonic plates due to geothermal power stations may be the cause of this volcanic eruption.

[@percyfaith11]

exactly how do geothermal power stations cause displacement of tectonic plates?

[@Torgonius]

I mean, nothing like this ever happened before those plants were built, right?

[@percyfaith11]

@@Torgonius LoL, new phenomenon. Atlantis must be pumping heat like mad along Mid-Atlantic ridge.

[@corydavis4121]

What? lol

[@vinayrajguru2001]

I have made the statement on the basis of the author's view in an engineering book on "non conventional energy sources ".

[@daidavies6210]

Then don’t build homes near a Volcano 🌋 😂😂😂

[@David1991.]

Stop living in Iceland.

[@TheTrueLeMonarque]

This area of Iceland has not been active for 800 years, since grindavik was made hundreds of years ago, they probably had no clue that they were in any danger

[@Melissa-gc1hz]

M o r o n

[@torben6137]

Trump would have stopped this…. Fact 🎉

[@Melissa-gc1hz]

M o r o n

[@user-ww9yw4zi8m]

Geothermal power caused this, man made disaster.

[@harmenkoster7451]

Nah, its because of fracking in the north sea. As oil companies extract natural gas, it causes the oceanic crust to sink, which puts more pressure on the mantle of the planet. As a result, magma gets squeezed up in volcanic hot spots. Geothermal power actually counteracts this by cooling the lava before it breaches the surface. Causing it to get more viscous and thus not erupt.

[@bertberw8653]

I've never heard of geothermal power being able to cause such a disaster. Any sources for that?

[@kerriadereth]

@@bertberw8653Of course not, it’s a lie.

[@Hjortur95]

so true. don't let Big Geo get away with this

[@sigisoltau6073]

​@@bertberw8653The guy saying that is lying. Geothermal plant has been there for dacades and this never happened. Geothermal plants use hot water and steam to produce electricity. Magma has been building up in the area since October 25. On November 10 a massive 15 kilometer long dike formed. A dike is a vertical sheet of magma. Part of this dike extends under Grindavik into the ocean.