La Palma: The volcano erupted on the island of Canary Spain La Palma on Sunday, the island government said.
The large column of smoke rose after the eruption at 3.15 P.M.
Local time (1415 GMT) in Cumbre Vieja National Park in the south of the island, according to the Canary Islands government.
New before, the authorities have evacuated around 40 people with problems of mobility and livestock from villages around the volcano.
The army was deployed to help evacuate, the Defense Ministry said, and it was hoped that more residents would be evacuated from the surrounding cities.
Ahead of the eruption, scientists have recorded a series of earthquakes reaching 3.8 magnitude in the national park, according to the Spanish National Geographical Institute (ING).
The initial volcanic eruption in La Palma occurred in 1430, according to Ing.
In the last eruption in 1971, a man was killed when he took a photo near the lava flow but no property was broken.
The volcano erupts on La Palma Spain Island
