Two more people were killed in the explosion at the "Surmalu" Shopping Center in Yerevan.

APA reports that Hayk Kostanyan, the press secretary of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia, informed about this on his Facebook page.

However, the number of people who died as a result of the incident was 5.

The Ministry of Emergencies of Armenia added that 17 people are still considered missing.

A criminal case has been opened in connection with the incident.

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Date 14.08.2022

It's 10:42 p.m

One more person was killed in the explosion at the "Surmalu" Shopping Center in Yerevan.

APA informs, the press secretary of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia, Hayk Kostanyan, informed about this.

According to him, the body of a woman was removed from the rubble.

With this, the number of people who died as a result of the incident reached 3.

According to the latest information, the number of injured is 61 people.

A criminal case has been opened in connection with the incident.

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It's 7:46 p.m

As a result of the explosion accompanied by fire in the "Surmalu" Shopping Center in Yerevan, the number of injured people reached 60, and 2 people lost their lives.

According to APA, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia released information about this.

The body of a woman was removed from the rubble.

Earlier, it was announced that a 40-45-year-old man died as a result of the explosion.

At the same time, the condition of 36 of the 57 injured people was stated to be moderate-severe.

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at 17.37

As a result of the explosion accompanied by fire in the "Surmalu" Shopping Center in Yerevan, the number of injured people reached 51, and 1 person lost his life.

According to APA, the Ministry of Health of Armenia released information about this.

The deceased is a 40-45-year-old man.

His identity has not yet been established.

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at 17.28

As a result of the explosion accompanied by fire in the "Surmalu" Shopping Center in Yerevan, the number of injured people reached 45, and 1 person lost his life.

According to APA, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia released information about this.

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at 17.15

As a result of the explosion accompanied by fire in the "Surmalu" Shopping Center in Yerevan, the number of injured people reached 34, and 1 person lost his life.

According to APA, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia released information about this.

It was noted that there is a danger of flying from three sides of the building of the shopping center.

Pyrotechnic goods are still going off.

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at 15.47

As a result of the explosion accompanied by fire in the "Surmalu" Shopping Center in Yerevan, the number of injured people reached 30, and 1 person lost his life.

According to APA, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia released information about this.

Currently, firefighting and search operations are being conducted at the scene.

It is not excluded that people remained under the debris of one of the buildings that collapsed during the explosion.

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at 14.54

As a result of the explosion and fire in the "Surmalu" Shopping Center in Yerevan, one of the buildings in the shopping center collapsed.

According to information reported by APA with reference to "armeniasputnik.am" website, witnesses said that people were left under the rubble.

According to the initial version, the building where the pyrotechnic goods store was located collapsed.

The Ministry of Emergencies of Armenia announced that 1 person died and 20 people were injured as a result of the explosion in the shopping center.

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at 14.07

Today, at around 1:23 p.m. local time, an explosion accompanied by a fire took place in the "Surmalu" Shopping Center in Yerevan.

According to APA, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia released information about this.

8 fire brigades were sent to the scene.

According to preliminary information, there are injuries.