Volcano on La Palma: Situation worsens - TV camera shows desperate people on the run

Around 7,000 people have already had to leave their homes on the island of La Palma, now hundreds more have been asked to leave their homes.

A TV camera showed them fleeing from the volcano.

La Palma - The situation on La Palma remains tense, the volcano still worries locals and politicians.

While Spain's head of government is expected on the island for the fourth time, hundreds more people have to flee from the hot lava.

A TV camera shows the hasty departure of many people.

Volcano on La Palma: Situation worsens - TV camera shows desperate people on the run

Since September 19th, the volcano on La Palma has been causing a tense situation, now Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is expected for the fourth time on the island.

As reported by the Spanish media, citing the government, the head of government wants to get an idea of ​​the local situation, while the situation in the acutely affected regions continues to worsen.

As early as Tuesday, around 800 other residents of the island had been asked to flee, the lava flow had come too close to their homes.

The 1,200 degree hot lava had already rolled over 1,000 houses, now the residents of the affected areas below the volcano in the Cumbre Vieja also had to leave their homes.

The danger of being surprised by the hot lava masses is too great.

As the state TV broadcaster RTVE reports, this increases the number of affected residents to around 7,000.

A return to their homes seems unlikely: once the hot lava has rolled over the houses, life in the area there is no longer possible for a long time.

Volcano on La Palma: People try to pack their most important belongings

As reported by regional media, TV images showed how the people who were asked to flee had packed up their belongings in a hurry. For example, the Spanish newspaper

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how people on their escape were also clearing parts of their houses. Furniture, dishes, washing machines, televisions, mattresses, blankets, bedclothes, mopeds, bicycles, toys, clothing, everything of value were loaded onto trucks. The disorder that people in a hurry would leave behind can be seen through open doors.

But not only material objects are often left behind, pets have apparently also been forgotten in some cases while fleeing in the affected areas.

A drone now supplies a few animals that are trapped in the hot lava flow.