Lava spewing from a continuously erupting volcano in Hawaii has blocked a highway that serves as a major evacuation route.
The first serious injury has also been reported as Mount Kilauea becomes more violent.
A man sitting on a balcony was hit in the leg by a projectile of molten rock - otherwise known as lava spatter.
Some are said to weigh as much as a refrigerator.
The lava stream, meanwhile, has blocked Highway 137 and threatens to make other escape routes inaccessible.
It is also flowing into the ocean prompting warnings of laze - clouds of hydrochloric acid and steam filled with fine glass particles formed when hot lava hits ocean water.
