700-foot-high lava fountain erupts from Kilauea in Hawaii

HAWAII (PIX11) -- Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano wrapped up its most recent eruptive episode after over 8 hours of “fountaining” lava on Thursday, April 23. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the 45th episode, which had begun at 1:34 am HST on Thursday morning, ended “abruptly” at 10:01 am. Kilauea shot lava about 700 feet [...]