Tuesday's eruption also caused the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa, one of the country's top tourist destinations.

A volcano erupted again to the south of Iceland’s capital on Tuesday, spewing lava and smoke in a fiery display of orange and red that triggered evacuations of a nearby town and the Bleu Lagoon spa, although air traffic continued as normal.

A volcanic eruption in southwestern Iceland has forced the evacuation of tourists and residents from the fishing town of Grindavik and the popular Blue Lagoon resort, reports BBC. The eruption began in the morning with a series of earthquakes and the formation of a 1.