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Five killed, dozens injured in explosion at Armenian market
The death toll from an explosion at a bustling shopping market in the Armenian capital Yerevan rose to five on Monday.
Yerevan: The death toll from the explosion that ripped through a fireworks warehouse in the Yerevan shopping center has risen to five on Monday while dozens of others sustained injuries.
Among the victims, four were women and one man, while over 60 were injured and 19 were missing.
Search and rescue operations were carried out overnight, it said, with 10 survivors and one body pulled from the rubble.
The explosion caused a fire and led to the collapse of a building.
The cause has not yet been established, but local news reports said the explosion went off at a place that stored fireworks.
Prosecutors meanwhile launched a probe into violations “on stocking inflammable goods”, breaches in fire safety standards and the death of people “due to negligence”.
In all, 200 firefighters and medical workers were sent to the scene, as well as fire engines and construction site equipment.