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Search for man who fell into crack in ground after Iceland volcano eruption called off | World News<\/p>\n
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The search for a man who fell into a crack in the ground\u00a0that opened up after a volcano erupted in Iceland last month has been called off.<\/p>\n
Ludvik Petursson, 50, was working to fill crevasses formed by earthquakes and volcanic activity in the fishing town of Grindavik, which had been evacuated in November, according to local media.<\/p>\n
Lava ‘inside town’; follow Iceland latest<\/strong><\/p>\n He went missing on 10 January. Hundreds of people were involved in the search, which had to be stopped after a rockfall made conditions too dangerous.<\/p>\n “Unfortunately the man was not found,” police told Sky News.<\/p>\n Local police said Mr Petursson was a father of four and said he had two grandchildren.<\/p>\n The news emerged as Iceland suffered another volcano eruption<\/strong> – the second in less than a month.<\/p>\n Nearly 4,000 people had already been evacuated from Grindavik after the first eruption in December.<\/p>\n But following a series of earthquakes, another fissure opened<\/strong> and began spewing lava nearby in the early hours of 14 January.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631<\/a>
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