Explosion Rocks One of Largest Plants in Armenia

Yerevan, Armenia. "Nairit", one of the leading chemical enterprises of
the region is on fire after several explosions. Armenian Radio reports
that two people are killed due to this explosion.

The Emergency service says that it has received the first emergency
call in Yerevan at about 6:30 PM local time (nine hours of difference
from U.S. EST). The Emergency health service says that they have seen
two people killed because of the Nairit explosion.

LLC "Nairit", the official representative of "Nairit Plant" CJSC in
the Russian Federation, has started its operations. The company is a
subsidiary to Nairit Plant CJSC. It has started its practical
activities related to chloroprene sales of rubbers (from the storage
areas located in Moscow, RF) and carbinol (from Nairit Plant CJSC
warehouses, Yerevan, Armenia).

Just on April 28 the prime minister of Armenia Mr. Tigran Sargsyan
visited "Nairit factory," got acquainted with the ongoing processes of
the production and the perspectives of developments the factory has
got. Tigran Sargsyan stressed that the real potential of Nairit should
be much used to create thousands working places and to contribute to
the development of other factories.

Chemical industry has real perspectives for Armenia but there is no
chemical industry without Nairit, hence it is of great importance for
the state, the Prime Minister said.

Nairit is the largest chemical plant not only in Armenia but in the
entire region of Caucasus manufacturing industrial rubber. At this
time there is no official word of what has caused the explosion. Not
official sources according to Armenian Media, report that some types
of chemical leaks have caused the explosion attributing it to an
accident.

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