“People are trapped under the rubble.” What is known about the boom in the wholesale market in Yerevan

Explosion dead On the afternoon of Sunday, August 14, a severe fire broke out in the Surmalu wholesale market in Yerevan, near the city center, according to the Ministry of Emergencies of Armenia. According to preliminary data, a pyrotechnics warehouse is on fire.

“There was an explosion in the Sürmalu market, followed by a fire assigned to the third category. “A firefighter and rescue team went to the scene, and then two more,” he said.

As a transmission Sputnik Armenia According to the preliminary data of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Republic, one person killed, 20 injured.

Agency spokesman Hayk Kostanyan said that the National Crisis Management Center received a report about the explosion at 13:23 (12:23 Moscow time). According to portal reports, the city’s operational services continue to arrive at the scene to eliminate the consequences and assist victims. news.am.

According to the latest data from the country’s Ministry of Health, 26 people were injured.

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One of the buildings on the grounds of the Surmalu shopping center collapsed as a result of explosions and fire. The collapse is believed to have occurred in a building. hosted fireworks store writes DEA News”.

Initially, the head of the Armenian ambulance service, Taguhi Stepanyan, stated that the situation was changing “every second” and reported that seven victims were hospitalized. “To date, 7 injured have been taken to hospitals. But this is an incomplete picture, it changes every second,” he quotes. TASS.

In contrast, Yerevan Municipality be under the rubble. Rescue work continues.

“The fireworks material warehouse exploded in the Sürmalu market. Emergency Ministry specialists and rescue teams are at the scene and trying to pull the injured out of the rubble.

“There is no definitive information about the victims yet,” said Levon Sardaryan, the press secretary of the city administration.

According to eyewitnesses, people standing near the building remained under the rubble after the collapse. “It’s hard to say how many were there,” said one of them.

telegram channel “Sputnik Near Abroad”Publishing footage from the scene states that fireworks are burning. In the published images, you can see how the building of the market was covered with black smoke, people began to flee, and then explosions were heard.

The cause of the fire is not yet known. Eyewitnesses also posted a video on social media showing thick black smoke coming out of the mall. Users also write that fireworks are fired. According to a resident of a nearby house, he first heard a loud explosion and then exploded.