A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday morning for the third time since December, pumping lava up to 80 metres into the air, and sending fast-moving lava onto roads toward Blue Lagoon.

The lava flow hit thermal-based water pipes in the region just south of the capital, disrupting the supply of hot water to more than 20,000 people and leading the Civil Protection Agency to raise its alert level.

The lava stream was now only about 1 km from the peninsula's Svartsengi geothermal power plant, said Rikke Pedersen, who heads the Nordic Volcanological Centre research group based in Reykjavik.

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