Internal Affairs Ministry: The fire that started after an explosion on the Yerevan-Sevan highway has been put out 

As of 8:20 a.m., the fire that broke out after an explosion on the Yerevan-Sevan highway has been put out. Cooling works are now underway. Spokesperson for the RA Ministry of Internal Affairs Narek Sargsyan wrote this.

“Seven people have been injured; one of them has been discharged.

According to early data, no casualties have been reported.

The 16–18th km of the Yerevan-Sevan highway is closed in both directions.

Maj. Gen. K. Tsutsulyan, the head of the RA MIA Rescue Service and the deputy minister of Internal Affairs, his deputies and other officials were on the scene,” Sargsyan wrote.