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PUERTO MONTT, Chile (AP) — President Michelle Bachelet toured shelters Sunday packed with evacuees fleeing a major volcanic eruption in southern Chile, as the Chaiten Volcano continued to blast ash into the sky.

Evacuees sought their president's support to rebuild the town of Chaiten outside the path of the like-named volcano, which sprung to life Thursday for the first time in thousands of years. Chaiten neighborhood association leader Lorenzo Maureira was among those suggesting the town of 4,500 should be moved.

But Bachelet said it was too early to decide on relocating the town, located 6 miles (10 kilometers) from Chaiten Volcano, and that experts were working to determine when it may be safe to return.