RA MES: RESCUERS READY TO LEAVE FOR HAITI

PanARMENIAN.Net
15.01.2010 16:36 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Rescue group of the Armenian Ministry of Emergency
Situations are ready to leave for Haiti and provide the necessary
assistance.

According to the press office of RA Ministry of Emergency Situations,
a detachment of 50 rescuers was quickly formed, the Lieutenant-Colonel
Avetik Manukyan was appointed as detachment commander, and the deputy
director of the Armenian Rescue Service of RA Ministry of Emergency
Situations , Colonel Sergei Azaryan will be the detachment head.

An earthquake with 7.0 magnitude at the Richter scale occurred at the
coast of Haiti on January 12. Tremors were recorded at a 10 km depth,
15 km far from the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. According to
seismologists, earthquakes of such power are unprecedented in Haiti. A
few minutes after the first earthquake repeated earthquakes occurred,
reaching 6 points. The exact number of dead is unknown yet. According
to various estimations, the victims of disaster could be tens to
hundreds of thousands people.
From: Baghdasarian