As of 08:20, there is no open fire in the area of the explosion on the Yerevan-Sevan road. Cooling works are being carried out. Narek Sargsyan, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, informs on his Facebook page.
“7 citizens were injured. 1 of them was discharged. According to preliminary data, there are no victims.
The 16-18th km of the Yerevan-Sevan highway is closed both ways.
Director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Major General K. Tsutsulyan, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other officials were at the scene of the incident,” he wrote.
It was reported earlier that a section of the Yerevan-Sevan highway is closed, and the bypass roads are: Yerevan-Sevan via the Abovyan-Jraber section, Sevan-Yerevan via the Charentsavan-Nor Geghi section.
Notably, The Rescue Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs informs that on 6 June, at 11:13 p.m., the National Center for Crisis Management was informed that an explosion and fire occurred at the gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan highway.
According to preliminary data, a liquefied gas tank exploded at the gas station of “Gaz Oil” LLC at. 6/1Yerevan-Sevan highway, causing a fire.
K.S. (born in 1980) and G. Ch. (born in 1991), were transferred to “Surb Grigor Lusavorich” MC then transferred to National Center of Burns and Dermatology CJSC where doctors assessed their health condition as serious.
L.H. (born in 2007), H. Kh. (born in 2001), M. G. (born in 1989), A. A. (born in 1990) and L. S. (born in 1963) were transferred to Abovyan hospital. L. H. received appropriate medical care and was discharged, while the others were transferred National Center of Burns and Dermatology CJSC.
