Around 200 people have been evacuated from the Blue Lagoon

mbl.is/Eggert Jóhannesson

Evacuation has been completed in the Blue Lagoon.

Helga Árnadóttir, head of sales, operations and service, says in an interview with mbl.is that the evacuation went well and that the guests showed good understanding.

About 200 people were on the premises when the evacuation began, most of them guests of the hotel. All guests have arrived or are on their way to other hotels and employees have gone to their homes.

The Blue Lagoon is closed tomorrow

The evacuation began in the Blue Lagoon and Grindavík just before eleven o’clock this evening after it became clear that an eruption was about to start on the Reykjanes peninsula.

The eruption began shortly after, at 11:14 p.m.

The Blue Lagoon will be closed tomorrow, and the situation will be assessed afterwards.