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Kópavogur Man Pinned By Car
Fire and medical emergency services were called to the rescue of a man in Kópavogur on the evening of February 3, Vísir reports. The man had been pinned by a car whilst repairing the vehicle’s undercarriage. According to Vísir, the man’s car…
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Man Who Fell Into Gullfoss An Asylum Seeker
The police in the south of Iceland have sent out a press release in which they claim that the man who yesterday fell into the Gullfoss waterfall was an asylum seeker. An abandoned car was found in the parking lot by the…
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British Tourist Crawls For 2 Hours With Broken Leg
A British man in his thirties broke his thighbone while running close to the Seljalandsfoss waterfall in the south of Iceland, reports ruv.is. The tourist was staying at a guesthouse and had gone alone in the moors above the waterfall last night…
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Hundreds Of People Injured Post-Snowpocalypse
In the past few days Icelandic Ambulance Services have had to transfer over a hundred injured people to hospitals in the capital area daily, reports RÚV. Most of the calls are a result of pedestrians slipping and falling on the considerable ice…
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Man Arrested For Calling Emergency Services Over 50 Times
Police had their hands full last night, mostly for break-ins, although one man was arrested for calling emergency services far too many times. RÚV reports that police visited the man in question, asking him to stop calling 112 without reason. Despite this,…
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Volcano Watch: Holuhraun Update And New Photos
Two new fissures have opened up in the Holuhraun eruption, about 1.5 kilometres south of the previous eruption site. According to eye witnesses the lava streaming out of the new fissures is creeping slowly towards Dyngjujökull glacier. While flying over Holuhraun, photographer…