Crowds flock to see lava fountains erupt from Hawaii volcano

A fountain of lava shoots up from the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of a volcano in Hawaii. Picture: US Geological Survey via AP

Lava from a volcano in Hawaii has shot into the sky in tall fountains that were expected to grow even bigger as part of an off-and-on eruption.

The eruption began on December 23 in a crater at the summit of Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big island.