Lava above Swatsengi begins to cool again

The Civil Protection Coordination Centre was activated early this evening when three streams of lava began pouring over the dikes in a similar location as on Tuesday, above Swatsengi. There are about 35 firefighters in the area, as well as contractors who doze off earthmovers. Grindavik’s fire chief described the work as a combination of machinery and water.

Rúv was first to report.

“The Public Defense Coordination Center is activated “Earlier this evening, from those lava outbursts that sneaked over the bulwarks, we decided to try again with lava cooling based on the knowledge gained the day before. The situation has gotten much better, but what we did was more aimed at slowing down the flow,” said Hjördís Guðmundsdóttir, a communications representative for the Civil Protection, in an interview. South Korea

This time the effect is very good

“Everyone realises we’re not going to shut anything down. But it’s working really well to slow down the lava flow, so that’s what we’re doing. We have a lot of experts here, trying to figure out what we can do and how to prevent this from continuing,” said Hjördís Guðmundsdóttir, a communications representative for the Public Defence.

She admits that this is still the case. That The equipment and lava cooling are understood, but the decision has been made to purchase more powerful equipment for these works.

Working machinery is the main weapon

“There are three tongues in the garden,” Grindavik fire chief Einar Sveinn Jónsson told mbl.is.

“This time there are more times than last time, but we are down to earth. Even so.”

Asked how things were going compared to earlier in the week, he said working machines were the most important.

“Of course, the working machines are the best weapon and by far the most productive and impactful, and we just support them and keep them silent. So we’re only involved a little bit, but we’re doing a good job,” Einar said.