Iceland’s famous Blue Lagoon was evacuated after a volcano eruption on Reykjanes Peninsula on Thursday, August 22 and was closed today while the situation is being “reassessed.” The Icelandic Met Office reported an “intense earthquake swarm” began in the crater row on Thursday evening and was rapidly expanding. The eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula, in southwest Iceland, is the sixth outbreak since December.
The attraction has also closed several times over the past few months due to volcanic activity in southwest Iceland, TTG has reported. READ MORE: Welsh beauty spot overrun with influencers with 'wrong morals' in the wild READ MORE: People want to try 'world's most dangerous rollercoaster' designed to kill passengers The spa posted in a statement on their website on Thursday, saying: “We took the precautionary measure of evacuating and temporarily closing all our operational unit. Blue Lagoon will be closed tomorrow, Friday 23 August, at which time the situation will be reassessed.
" One visitor who was at the lagoon at the time it was evacuated documented the experience on TikTok. Filming herself as everyone made their way out of the lagoon. “We are being evacuated from the Blue Lagoon in Iceland because there has been volcanic activity detected.
“It’s pretty terrifying for a volcano to go off while you're way in the back of the pool. They rushed us out.” TikTok user @aa.
kenney said: “We’re still soaking wet. The visitor added that they had to get.