INJURIES REPORTED IN BLAST AT ARMENIAN SYNTHETIC RUBBER PLANT
Interfax
May 14 2009
Russia
A fire broke out at the Nairit synthetic rubber plant in Yerevan
as a result of an explosion at a production facility, a worker who
witnessed the incident, told Interfax.
Some employees were injured and three remain unaccounted for, he said.
A shock wave blew out windows in cars parked near the plant, an
Interfax correspondent reported on Thursday.
Smaller blasts continue inside the building.
Armenia’s Emergency Situations Ministry has not commented on details
of the incident thus far.