Nicaragua highest volcano ash cloud a few hundred meters (feet) into the sky, in the latest round of sporadic activities, prompting the evacuation of nearby residents, the government said on Wednesday.

San Cristobal volcano, 5,725 feet (1,745 meters) It is located about 85 km north of the capital, Managua, in the northwest of the country, has been active in recent years, has experienced a similar event in September.

The latest activity began late Tuesday.

The Government spokesman Rosario Murillo living 1.9 miles (3 km) radius of the volcano to leave the area. About 300 families live near the volcano.

"We have some self-evacuate families ... We demand (people) to go to a safe place, and it is only a few days in this case of an emergency," she said, this is a precautionary measure.

One can see the billowing gray cloud, drifting sideways from the volcanic peaks.

The volcano also stirred up in mid-2008, when it was expelled gas and rumbling of a series of small outbreaks.