An Electrical Fire May Have Sparked a Mini-Volcano in Iraq

Getty Images Every once in a while, we get some truly strange "volcano" news. This would count as strange: In Kirkuk, Iraq, video was captured of a "mini-volcano" appearing underneath a house (see below). The "eruption" was small, maybe a foot or two across with spattering lava and fumes. Al Arabiya reported that this pit of molten rock may have been created by an electrical fire underneath the building. The video shows that the ground isn't merely hot but actually molten.