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About 20 people were injured, one seriously, by a jet of lava during a boat trip to observe the lava of the erupting volcano. of Hawaii, local authorities announced on Monday.
Among the pbadengers of the tourist boat, whose total number was not specified, 13 were treated in a local hospital and ten suffered only minor injuries , treated on-site upon arrival at Wailoa Harbor, according to firefighters in Hawaii County.
Four people had to be taken to the medical center by ambulance, including a woman in her twenties serious condition with a fractured femur, 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.
eruption of 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 five volcanoes on the island of Hawaii, the largest in the archipelago.
The Federal Geological Survey has noted on its website that "lava continues to ooze at the mouth of the ocean" and that a "small island has appeared" Sunday from the crack from which lava always flows. It is 6 to 9 meters in diameter.
"It is probably part of the casting of the crack 8 that enters the ocean, probably a submarine tumulus that grows under water and has emerged on the surface of the water," he said. agency.
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