Volcanologist surveys volcanic destruction in Spain

Almost six weeks after a volcano erupted on Spanish island of La Palma, vast amounts of ash and lava continue to cover buildings, cars and farmland on Friday.

Images from exclusion zone near volcano look apocalyptic after two days of intense activity.

According to emergency officials, some lava flows reached a height of 40 metres (more than 130 feet) after strong magma overflows of days before did not cause extremely large vances.

A video showed a football pitch in Las Manchas covered by ash and collapsed roof of a building.

Valentin Troll, a professor of Volcanology and Petrology at Uppsala University who filmed footage, said many of buildings in exclusion area near volcano have suffered structural damage.

"You see roof is fallen in under weight of ash," says Troll.

"Thankfully a little less ash in air, plume is less dark, so less ash is emitted right now and well, let's just hope this is a trend that will continue," he says as he looks at volcano.

Flows of molten rock from Cumbre Vieja volcano itself have caused evacuations of about 7,500 people and destroyed more than 2,100 buildings, mostly homes.

rivers of lava cover over 900 hectares (2,200 acres) of mostly farmland.

No deaths have resulted from eruption. Or than in an area on island's western side, life continues as normal for La Palma's 85,000 residents except for having to clean up volcanic ash.

IMAGE: AP