Icelandic volcano erupts for fourth time in three months

The Met Office had warned for weeks that magma — semi-molten rock — was accumulating under the ground, making an eruption likely

Spectators watch plumes of smoke from volcanic activity (Marco di Marco/AP)

A volcano in Iceland has erupted for the fourth time in three months, sending orange jets of lava into the night sky.

Iceland’s Meteorological Office said the eruption opened a fissure about two miles long between Stora-Skogfell and Hagafell mountains on the Reykjanes Peninsula.