“Taking into account the direction of the wind, the ash plume spread eastward from the volcano towards the Gulf of Ozernovsky at a distance of 70 km,” the report says.

According to rescuers, there are no settlements in the way of its distribution.

"The fallout of ashes in the settlements of the Kamchatka Territory is not fixed," added to the Emergency Situations Ministry.

April 10 Shiveluch volcano threw a column of ash to a height of 10 km above sea level.