NAIRIT PRESS SERVICE REPORTED 2 PEOPLE DEAD

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
15.05.2009 00:45 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Nairit CJSC Press Service officially declined reports
on the death of 3 as a result of explosion at chemical factory. The
accident is localized, fire extinguishing works continue. According
to preliminary data, 2 are dead, 8 injured. Disaster territory is 80
sq.km. One seat of fire is aflame at present. The situation is under
firemen’s control, the Press Service reported. According to earlier
reports, 4 of 8 injured were the firemen.

Meanwhile, Head Doctor of emergency service, Elmira Gevorgyan
informed PanARMENIAN.Net reporter on the death of 3. According to
her, emergency service brigade took the dead bodies to mortuary. The
fate of 20 people, who couldn’t be evacuated from fire zone, still
remains unknown.

Today, around 6.40 p.m. two explosions occurred at caoutchouc
manufacturing Nairit Factory; later the fire erupted. The fire is
localized at the moment.

RA Ministry of Emergency Situation recommends residents of Nairi-
adjusted territories to keep their windows shut. No danger of infection
from combustion products is reported; still the windows should be
shut to keep the smoke out.