A volcano near Iceland’s capital erupted on Wednesday night, becoming the seventh such event in the area since December.

On the night of November 20-21, a new volcanic eruption awakened the Reykjanes peninsula. This was the seventh eruption in the region in the space of a year. The lava engulfed some roads, the parking lot at the Blue Lagoon tourist site and a building used to store visitors' luggage.

A volcano erupted in southern Iceland, near the town of Grindavík and the Blue Lagoon spa, marking the region's seventh eruption in a year.