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People being arrested in Hawaii for taking ‘lava selfies’ near Kilauea volcano

Sean Previl

2 hrs ago

 

© Provided by Corus Media Holdings, Inc. Instagram Photo Lava continues to pour forth from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, consuming buildings and causing problems on the Big Island. A new problem has arisen for police monitoring the area — lava selfies.

According to Hawaii`s Department of Land and Natural Resources, dozens of people have been cited for loitering in the island`s off-limits areas near lava flows.

As of June 19, the department said it had cited 47 people since the eruptions began in early May.

In a citation issued Tuesday, officials said two people had trespassed for social media purposes.

"The officer who cited the pair today said they were wearing respirators and said they were enticed by social media postings which continue to show others illegally entering the evacuation zone to photograph or tape active lava flows," a news release from the department reads.

Ruth Groza of Seattle was one person who took a photo near a lava flow.

"I cannot believe this is happening," she wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday, saying she and a friend befriended a local resident. "We were the first people he took out here and some of the first people on earth to stand next to this flow."

Groza was just one of many who posted their photos on Instagram and other social media platforms.

© Provided by Corus Media Holdings, Inc. Instagram Photo

Officials are warning people not to do so, with Governor David Ige having issued a proclamation earlier this month giving judges the option to impose fines of up to $5,000 and a year in jail for people convicted of being in a closed area.

Last week, three people who had received citations pleaded no contest, with two people fined $500 each and the third receiving 50 hours of community service.

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Honolulu Civil Beat Lava spurts from a fissure on May 12, 2018.

 

 

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