«On the 1st of September (1730) between nine and ten o'clock at night the earth suddenly opened up near Timanfaya, two leagues from Yaiza. On the first night a huge mountain rose from the bosom of the earth and from the apex flames escaped which continued to burn for nineteen days».
Andrés Lorenzo Curbelo
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