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Lava is spilling toward a key Hawaiian highway, but the governor says it’s safe to visit the Big Island Holly Yan

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The world’s largest active volcano is shooting fountains of lava more than 100 feet high and sending a river of molten rock down toward the main highway of Hawaii’s Big Island.

The leading edge of the lava flow gushing out of Mauna Loa is about 3.6 miles away from Saddle Road, also known as Daniel K. Inouye Highway, as of 9 a.m. local time, according to a US Geological Survey news release.

USGS officials said Wednesday it could take at least two days for lava flows to reach the road, which connects the east and west sides of the island. The advancing flows “are approaching a relatively flat area and will begin to slow down, spread out, and inflate,” the statement says.