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Bardarbunga:Icelandic authorities Sunday raised an aviation alert to the highest level of red for a small area in the south-east, after a fissure eruption near the Bardarbunga volcano.
The eruption began at about 0600 GMT in the Holuhraun lava field, north of the Vatnajokull glacier, the Civil Defence Authority said.
Initial reports said the eruption was not producing ash, which could potentially harm airplane engines. Bad weather was reported in the area, affecting visibility.
However, all the country’s airport remained open, spokesman Eggert Mangusson told dpa.
The restriction area covers airspace up to an altitude of 6,000 feet (1.8 kilometres), which does not affect commercial flights, spokesman Fridthor Eydal of aviation authority ISAVIA said.
A small lava eruption took place in the same area early Friday, prompting the Icelandic Meteorological Office to raise the alert to red, and then subsequently downgrading it to orange.
The main concern focuses on Bardarbunga, a subglacial volcano that has been threatening activity for more than a week. Thousands of earthquakes have been registered there since the middle of August.
A 2010 eruption of a volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier disrupted air travel for several weeks.
Areas north of the Vatnajokull glacier were earlier evacuated and roads leading into the highlands area remain closed amid fears that an eruption could melt the glacier, causing severe flooding.
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