On the volcanic island of La Palma, the restrictions on going out for around 3000 people were lifted again on Tuesday.
No more harmful gases were found.
These were feared the day before, when lava with a temperature of up to 1200 degrees had set fire to several companies in the Callejón de la Gata industrial park, including a cement plant, the authorities said.
The volcano in Cumbre Vieja, which has no official name, erupted on September 19th for the first time in 50 years. The outbreak had become more violent in the past few days. Again and again there were strong explosions, magma was hurled into the air, smoke rose up to a height of several kilometers. Up to 1000 buildings have been destroyed so far and great damage has been done to agriculture and infrastructure. Around 6,000 people had to leave their homes.
The main stream of the lava, which is up to 1200 degrees Celsius, has been pouring into the Atlantic for almost two weeks, creating a new headland there. In the meantime, two tributaries formed, the northern one rolled through the industrial park with a destructive effect, the southern one was only 300 meters away from the coast. Many small to medium-sized earthquakes also continued to shake the Canary Island off the west coast of Africa. Since Monday morning there have been around 120 with strengths up to 4.1, as reported by the state TV broadcaster RTVE.
According to the operator Aena, the island's airport was operational.
Flights of the airlines Binter and Canaryfly to the better-known and larger neighboring island of Tenerife were announced on the Internet.
However, two flights by other companies from Hamburg and Berlin were also reported as canceled, as was a connection to the Spanish capital, Madrid.
The air traffic to the other large tourist islands of the Canary Islands, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria or Lanzarote, however, ran normally.