Terrified walkers were astonished when they suddenly noticed the hillside starting to melt like lava - engulfing a house and a car. The huge piece of land began snaking its way towards the bottom ...

The lava inched toward Mike Hale’s property ... All Hale saw was smoke rising from his community. As the video of his melting car spread, he was setting up tents to serve as temporary storage ...

from engulfing a building housing a scientific monitoring center.The lava flow reached a car park 10 yards away from the Sapienza refuge, a popular tourist spot offering shelter from bad weather, ...