12:37, 4 July 2023

YEREVAN, JULY 4, ARMENPRESS. Authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the blast which ripped through a garage in Yerevan and is believed to have been caused by a gas leak.

In a statement released Tuesday, the Investigative Committee said it launched a criminal case under paragraph 2, clause 2 of article 412 of the Criminal Code, which deals with the circulation, work or services related to products or raw materials in aggravated violation of safety requirements.

No suspect has been named so far.

Preliminary investigation suggests that the garage was used to store gas cylinders and other gas equipment.

One of the cylinders began to leak and the explosion is believed to have occurred after the owner of the garage entered it and switched on the light. The owner is hospitalized.

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