ArmInfo.An explosion destroyed a house in Yerevan's Erebuni community. Rescuers have pulled two persons out of the rubble.
As the press secretary of the Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs Narek Sargsyan told reporters, a man and a woman were pulled out from under the rubble.
"Both victims are alive and taken to the hospital. Now we are trying to understand whether people remain under the rubble," Sargsyan said, adding that two houses collapsed as a result of the explosion, and glass in nearby houses was broken from the blast wave.
He also found it difficult to name the causes of the explosion until specialists carry out investigative measures.
The tragic incident occurred today around noon. According to preliminary data, the cause of the explosion was a gas leak.