La Palma: The story of the house that remained intact while the lava around it had burned everything – “Finally the river swallowed it”

The lof the volcano Kubre Vieha in La Palma, Spain, reached the ocean 11 days after its eruption and eruption. As of September 19, the situation on the Spanish island is dramatic as the lava swallows everything in its fiery passage.

The lava, the speed of which has been changing in recent days and had almost stopped at some point, was still 800 meters from the sea and it was impossible to predict if and when it would reach the ocean. The hot river finally reached the sea on Wednesday 29/9.

Mixing lava, molten rock and other materials with a temperature of more than 1,000 degrees Celsius, with sea water, which has a temperature of 20-25 ° Celsius, raises worry because it will probably mean the release of toxic gases and harmful microparticles dangerous to humans.

The photo that filled the world with hope and the negative development

Inside from the fire and ashes left behind by Kubre Vieha there was a snapshot that filled the Spaniards with optimism while it had gone viral making the rounds of the world.

A house on a rock at the foot of the mountain had been miraculously intact while the lava had engulfed everything around it, reaching a few meters from the building. In fact, in the photos published in the international agencies, it seemed that a palm tree had been rescued in front of the house.

Images of the house made headlines around the world last week as enduring while hundreds of other homes and acres of farmland were reduced to ashes.

However, according to the owner of the house, an 80-year-old Danish pensioner, the lava eventually swallowed the house-symbol.

As Rainer Kok told El Mundo, “everything has been destroyed. We have lost everything on our favorite island. It’s very sad. “My wife and I are devastated.”

The lava accumulated high enough to cross the elevated piece of land on which the small house was built, burying it along with its neighbors.