Kamchatsky, Russia, December 17, 2009, SPA -- Bezymyanny volcano"s eruption started on the Kamchatka Peninsula on Thursday. Ashfall has been registered in the Kozyrevsk settlement (30 km from the volcano). The local population has been advised to cut their time outdoors, according to Itar-Tass. The Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) said the eruption started at 09:45, local time (00:45, Moscow time). There was an explosion on the volcano and ash blowouts started. Half an hour after the beginning of the eruption the ash spewed by the giant mount reached Kozyrevsk, however, it poses no threat to this settlement. It is impossible to determine the height of the ash spews from the volcano's crater because of limited visibility in the area, scientists said. They are monitoring the eruption. Bezymyanny is one of active volcanoes of Kamchatka. Its height is about 2.8 thousand metres above sea level. Its eruptions are explosive. They happen one-two times a year and may last from several hours to several days. Scientists have recently been rather precisely predicting periods of the volcano's activity intensification. --SPA
