Hundreds more to flee on Spanish island as volcano erupts

La Cumbre Vieja began erupting on September 19 and has already forced more than 6,000 people from their homes.

Nearly 1,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate their homes on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands as lava continues to ooze from its volcano.

Emergency services wrote on Twitter on Tuesday a new evacuation order was issued “owing to the forecast of the advance of the lava flow”.

“The 700 to 800 people affected by this evacuation order should leave their homes, with their belongings and pets,” the services tweeted, telling residents to go to a meeting point in the western town of Los Llanos de Aridane.