Seven days after a volcano on La Palma erupted, lava flow and ash continue to spread shutting down the local airport and leaving hundreds without a home. As of Friday, almost 6,000 people have evacuated. The government is working to locate emergency housing for the affected families as researchers are unsure when the ash and lava flow will stop. The Minister of Public Works Transport and Housing of the Government of the Canary Islands, Sebastián Franquis announced Friday his department purchased 257 newly built homes. The homes will be offered to families affected and left homeless by the volcano eruption. Miguel Ángel Morcuende, the technical director of the Pevolca, said he can't predict when the lava flow will reach the sea. Pevolca establishes a "volcano traffic light" and alert system for local residents. "The old lava flow is almost stationary, perhaps advancing 20 centimetres per hour, 3,100 metres from the eruption and 2,100 from the coast," Morcuende told local reporters. 📸. @apnews