Explosion on Komitas Avenue Damages Vehicles and Apartment Windows

On July 3, at 22:10, the National Crisis Management Center received a call reporting an explosion in a garage located at 54/1 Komitas Avenue in Yerevan. There are casualties.

Two firefighting units from the Ministry of Emergency Situations' Yerevan Rescue Department, rescue personnel from the Special Rescue Operations Center, operational groups from the Crisis Management Center, and a psychologist from the Psychological Support Division have responded to the scene.

It was determined that a 20 kg propane gas cylinder exploded in the garage, causing the collapse of two stone garages and damaging two others. Nine parked vehicles nearby, as well as windows and doors of approximately 33 apartments and an entrance, were damaged, and two balconies were affected. One person, born in 1945, was injured.

The rescuers transported the injured individual to an ambulance on a stretcher, and he was hospitalized at the National Burn Center, where his health condition has been assessed as grave.

Search operations were conducted among the debris, and no other injured citizens were found. The rescuers cordoned off the area, cut off the power supply to the garages, and implemented safety measures by removing the remnants of windows and glass from the entrances and apartments. The safety of the damaged vehicles was checked, and no dangerous secondary factors were identified. The rescuers have established a watch on the site.