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From BBC live stream near Grindavik, IcelandGrindavik's mayor, Fannar Jonasson, said one of the fissures was only metres from his fence and he thought that he would be among those to lose their homes.
“Then it happened that the lava stopped flowing there so [the house] escaped, as well as the others who were there in danger,” he told RUV.
Apparently, today the lava stopped flow, but it could start again. I think there is a concern that a lava channel runs under the city, and it does appear (from the map) that Grindavik is directly over a fissure or fault through which lava could flow.