Helga Jonsdottir still remembers in vivid detail the day her island home was swallowed by a volcano as she and her family joined others fleeing the molten lava . ` Eldheimar 's Eldfell island was evacuated in the day when the Heimaey volcano exploded . Houses buried by the volcano have now been excavated and preserved in a new museum . Vinaminni Kaffihus , who fled the volcano as a child , now runs a cafe on the island .
Eldheimar 's Eldfell island was evacuated in the day when the Heimaey volcano exploded . Houses buried by the volcano have now been excavated and preserved in a new museum . Vinaminni Kaffihus , who fled the volcano as a child , now runs a cafe on the island .