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 "I can see a stripe of fire and it looks like it is on the east side and north side of the glacier. I think the smoke is coming over our way. The wind is blowing this way. The stench is strong," said Throstur Sigfusson in Kirkjulaekjarkoti in Fljotshlid. He was standing outside and watching the volcanic eruption in Eyjafjallajokull.
Throstur said that there are cars driving from Fljotshlid out west to Hvolsvollur.
Gudrun Markusdottir in Langagerdi in Hvolhreppur was in Fljotshlid and said she could see light from the glacier.
Anna Runolfsdottir in Fljotsdalur, the farm deepest in Fljotshlid said she could see the light from the earth fires high up and to the east of Eyjafjallajokull, close to Fimmvorduhals.
Thorkell Daniel Eiriksson, Annas husband in Fljotsdalur, said that they were at Mulakot but are on their way to Hvolsvollur to report in according to the evacuation plans.
Thorkell said that despite the evacuation plans had they met a few cars driving into Fljotshlid. There were probably men who were going to take photographs.
Around 500-600 persons live in the evacuation area under Eyjafjallajokull in Rangarthing east. A new evacuation plan was prepared during the past few weeks and has been presented to the inhabitants in the area during the inhabitant meetings for the past few days.
Throstur Sigfusson in Kirkjulaekjarkot said that the farms there are standing that high in Fljotshlid that there are no expectations for evacuation because of the volcano eruption. He said that the inhabitants there and around have started filling all containers of water to have in case the ash fall would spoil the consuming waters.
News Article by noname
Translated by Anya
Original Article in Icelandic
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