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Just hours after residents in Puna’s Leilani Estates subdivision fled with little more than the clothes on their backs Thursday night after an eruption in Kilauea’s east rift zone, new eruptions early Friday sent lava soaring more than 100 feet into the air.

The Hawaii County Civil Defense confirmed around 6:40 a.m. that a third eruption on Napili Street resulted in a structure fire.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory also said that active volcanic vents were erupting on Makamae and Mohala streets. The Hawaii County Civil Defense said all Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens subdivision residents are required to evacuate immediately.

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