Major blast at Yerevan plant causes building=?UTF-8?B?4oCZ?=s collapse (updated)

Yerevan's Elektron plant collapsed on Tuesday afternoon as a result of a major explosion that caused fire, photo reporter Gagik Shamshyan told Tert.am.
Minister of Emergency Situation Armen Yeritsyan has arrived on the scene with the Ministry's senior officials and a team of experts. Rescuers and the police officers are also reported to be on the plant's territory.
Eye-witnesses told Shamshyan that they heard three strong explosions which were followed by fire.More details will be available later.__________________________________________________________________________________________________
16:35
Shamshyan has just told Tert.am that a dead body has been pulled out from the debris. The deceased was identified as Adibek Barsamyan (64). Another man, Janibek Martirosyan (67), has been hospitalized with bodily injuries.

Source: Tert – Originial Article

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