Ambulance at the explosion site near the Surmalu shopping center in YerevanYEREVAN, Aug 15 The fate of 16 people remains unknown in connection with the explosion that occurred on Sunday in the Surmalu shopping center in Yerevan, Hayk Kostanyan, spokesman for the Ministry of Emergency Situations, said. 16 people can be considered,” Kostanyan wrote on social networks. He made public the names of these individuals, asking for information about them to the 911 service. As a result of the explosion in the shopping center, according to the latest data, six people were killed and 61 were injured. Earlier, the Yerevan City Hall clarified that a warehouse of pyrotechnic materials exploded in the Surmalu shopping center. At the same time, the press secretary of the Ministry of Emergency Situations told RIA Novosti that employees of the Armenian-Russian Humanitarian Response Center operating in Armenia were also involved in extinguishing the fire.
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