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Iceland volcanic eruption sets houses afire: TV images

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The ongoing volcanic eruption in southwest Iceland reached the port of Grindavik on Sunday where two houses caught on fire, according to surveillance footage broadcast by public television.

The few dozen residents who had returned to Grindavik after an earlier eruption were urgently evacuated overnight Saturday, hours before the latest eruption started.

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