Eruption in Hawaii. 23 injured in a boat trip

While observing the lava of Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii, tourists were injured, one seriously, by a jet of lava during a boat trip.

About 20 people were injured, including one seriously injured. , by a jet of lava during a boat trip to observe the lava of the erupting volcano of Hawaii, announced Monday the local authorities. Of the total number of pbadengers on the tour boat, 13 were treated at a local hospital and 10 suffered minor injuries, which were treated on the spot upon arrival at Wailoa Harbor. after firefighters from Hawaii County.

Four people had to be taken to the medical center by ambulance, including a woman in her twenties in serious condition with a femur fracture following this incident occurred in the early morning. Firefighters explained that an explosion of lava covered the boat's roof and dug a large hole while one of the boat's railings was damaged, without further details.

The eruption of the Kilauea volcano, one of the most active in the world, has already caused the destruction of hundreds of homes since May. Kilauea is one of the five volcanoes on the Island of Hawaii, the largest in the archipelago.

The Federal Geological Survey pointed out on its website that "lava continues to ooze at the mouth of the ocean " and a " small island appeared " Sunday from the crack from which lava still gushes. It is 6 to 9 meters in diameter. "It is probably part of the casting of the crack 8 that enters the ocean, probably an underwater tumulus that grows under water and has emerged on the surface of the water" the agency.