The volcano eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma has officially been declared over after three months of spewing ash and hot molten rock.

Since erupting on September 19, the Cumbre Vieja volcano has destroyed more than 3,000 properties and hundreds of acres of farmland on Canary island.

Approximately 7,000 people were evacuated, hundreds of acres were impacted, and the airport was also closed for nearly ten days, and over 1,000 houses and other buildings were affected by the months-long eruption.

Additionally, island government officials have also pointed out that the volcanic eruption was the island of La Palma’s longest active eruption on record.

“I have searched for the exact word to define our state of mind. It isn’t joy, I can’t say we are happy and it isn’t satisfaction either,” said Julio Perez, Canary Islands’ Minister of Public Administration Justice and Security.

“Today we feel relief. We can also add the word emotion, although we should also add the word hope. This unbearable litany of destruction has ended and now it’s time to rebuild, improve, remake, and replace,” he added.

Meanwhile, the islands’ volcanic emergency committee, PEVOLCA, said Cumbre Vieja first began erupting on September 19 and it concluded on December 13 at 10:21 pm local time with no more seismic activity detected since then.

However, Perez warned that the end of the destruction does not mean the end of the emergency.

He noted that the committee will continue to monitor the volcano as there are still risks that could arise.