Suðurnes Chief of Police said that the evacuation of Grindavík and the Blue Lagoon went very smoothly.
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00:00A volcano has erupted on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, triggering civil defence to declare
00:06a state of emergency and order evacuations of Grindervik and the Blue Lagoon.
00:14It's the country's seventh volcanic eruption this year, but the Icelandic Meteorological
00:20Office says it's a lot smaller than the previous one in August.
00:24The area's chief of police said there was no immediate danger and residents are well
00:28versed in how evacuations are carried out.