The slow-moving but menacing flow of red-hot lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is threatening to consume its first home.
The molten liquid is moving at about 10 to 15 meters per hour as it trudges towards a village on Hawaii's Big Island.
Residents in the projected path of the flow have been urged to evacuate, and they've been slowly doing just that.
The lava had buried mostly grass, trees and other vegetation since it started moving a few weeks ago, but on Tuesday it covered a small shack and was within 100 meters of the nearest house.
Authorities say they won't force residents to stay away from their land if the lava threatens it, and in some cases they might even be allowed to watch the destruction -- the idea being that it may help them with the grieving process.
