Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, is seen from the side of a road as it spews lava during an eruption in the early hours of Thursday, March 16, 2017. DEREK JAMES BEVAN. The active volcano on the Italian island of Sicily came alive overnight, spraying columns of ash and lava as high as 150 meters into the sky. Live eruptions from Volcano Etna. According to new reports, Mount Etna – an active and mercurial volcano in Sicily – has produced a fresh eruption from a brand-new fissure. See aircraft are having to be diverted around this a ir space due to recent eruption. A new eruption … Without volcanoes we would be in a perpetual ice age. Mount Etna spews lava and ash in spectacular eruption Mount Etna in Sicily spewed a plume of ash and lava as two fractures opened at the base of its crater. News Mount Etna erupts, spews lava chunks. Italy’s Mount Etna has started spewing lava in what is its second eruption of the year. oh no the camera froze! Tuesday morning and there are 219 folks watching cloud! The 1669 eruption of Mount Etna is the largest-recorded historical eruption of the volcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy.After several weeks of increasing seismic activity that damaged the town of Nicolosi and other settlements, an eruption fissure opened on the southeastern flank of Etna during the night of 10-11 March. A local volcanologist said it was Etna's "first flank eruption" in more than a decade. Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, is spewing ash and lava once again but officials say the activity is taking place at its summit and does not pose a risk to people. Etna is smoking today! Mount Etna live cam. The Mount Etna observatory said lava had spewed from a new fracture near its south-eastern crater. MOUNT ETNA in Italy erupted last night with images of lava spewing from the volcano caught in dramatic photographs. Thanks Rick - interesting info.