In the Kamchatka village of Klyuchi covered with ashes, rescuers went with a batch of protective masks

This was stated in the press service of the government of the Kamchatka Territory.

"They will deliver the first batch of medical disposable masks to the settlements of the district - seven thousand, will be engaged in ensuring safety on the roads, if someone was on the way at the time of the beginning of the ash fall, and, if necessary, will provide assistance to the population of the Ust-Kamchatsky district," the report said.

Earlier, the press service of the company "Kamchatskenergo" reported that severe ash fall after the release from the volcano Sheveluch caused a power outage in the village of Kozyrevsk and the village of Mayskoye in Kamchatka.

The press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Kamchatka Territory reported that an earthquake of magnitude 4.5 was recorded in the waters of the Avacha Bay off the south-eastern coast of Kamchatka.

In Kamchatka, earlier there was an eruption of the volcano Sheveluch with the release of ash.