There was a leak from 3 liquefied gas, 1 diesel and 1 gasoline tanks in the area of ​​the gas station, causing a fire. Ministry of Internal Affairs

On June 6, at 11:14 p.m., the National Crisis Management Center of the Rescue Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Kotayk Marz Crisis Management Center, as well as the "SOS SYSTEMS" fire alarm system, received numerous alarms regarding an explosion and a fire at a gas station located on the Yerevan-Sevan highway. . 4 combat units, one operational and on-duty groups of the National Crisis Management Center, rescue forces and medical support departments each went to the scene. Due to the complexity of the fire, "Number 3" fire call was announced on the spot. 13 combat units, 4 operational groups, 1 rescue squad and 12 community water carriers were involved in the fire fighting, 5 of them from Yerevan Municipality, 3 from Abovyan community, 1 each from Nor Hachn and Akunk communities, and 2 residents of Balahovit community. aqueduct The head of the Rescue Forces Department, Colonel A. Gevorgyan. According to preliminary data, an explosion of a liquefied gas tank (37 tons) took place at the gas station of "Gazoil" LLC located at 6/1 of the Yerevan-Sevan highway, causing a fire. In the area of ​​the gas station, 3 liquefied gas tanks (37 tons each), 1 diesel tank (8 tons) and 1 gasoline tank (12 tons) leaked, causing a fire. Mercedes and Opel cars were completely burned, the driver's compartment of a trailer truck was completely burned, the tank of a Zil truck, the driver's compartment of another gas tank truck was completely burned, and the left side of a BMW car was burned. The building blocks of the filling station's roof (about 120 square meters), windows and doors were burned, nearby refrigerators were damaged, the roof of the administrative building was burned (about 150 square meters), property was damaged, and about 40 square meters of accumulated waste was burned in the area behind the adjacent construction material warehouse. As a result of the explosion and fire, 7 citizens were injured, 1 of them received appropriate medical care at the "Abovyan" medical center and was discharged, and 6 are in the "National Center of Burns and Dermatology" CJSC. The 16-18 km section of the Yerevan-Sevan highway was temporarily closed both ways. General work management was carried out by the Director of the Rescue Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Major General Kamo Tsutsulyan. Deputy directors of the Rescue Service and other officials were also present at the scene. As of 8:51 on June 7, the outflow from all reservoirs has been stopped. Three combat units of the Rescue Service are on duty at the site, regularly carrying out cooling and freezing works. As of 10:00, traffic on the Yerevan-Sevan highway has been completely restored.