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Blast in Yerevan apartment reported

Blast in Yerevan apartment reported

A gas cylinder exploded in one of the apartments in Yerevan today, according to the Armenian Emergencies Ministry’s press service. Two fire brigades and an emergency response squad of the National Center for Crisis Management of …

Driver killed in road accident in Armenia’s Kotayk

Driver killed in road accident in Armenia’s Kotayk

  One person has died after a road accident today in Kotayk Province, according to the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations. At 2:47am, the 911 emergency hotline received a call that a …

Mosque burns in Almaty

Mosque burns in Almaty

A non-working mosque was burning at night in Turksib district of Almaty, the official representative of the Emergency Situations Department of Almaty, Sandugash Baymukhambetova reported today. The signal about the state of emergency …

Wedding procession gets into fatal accident in Armenia

Wedding procession gets into fatal accident in Armenia

Today, the deadly car accident took place near the Saghmosavank temple, north of Yerevan, the media reports. At about 4:30 pm local time, one of the cars of the wedding procession heading to the church drew off the road, hit the stones, …

Dust storm sweeps through Uzbekistan

Dust storm sweeps through Uzbekistan

Yesterday, the dust storm broke out  in Nukus, the capital of the autonomy of Karakalpakstan in northwest Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the republic reports. According to the representative of the ministry, …

Number of victims in Dzerzhinsk raises to 42

Number of victims in Dzerzhinsk raises to 42

The Ministry of Health of the Nizhny Novgorod region reported that the number of victims of the explosion at the plant in Dzerzhinsk increased to 42 people, 14 were hospitalized. “There are no heavy injuries as a result of the …

Man killed as car falls into ravine in Armenia

Man killed as car falls into ravine in Armenia

One person has been killed as the car fell into a ravine in Armenia's Vayots Dzor Province, the press service of the Armenian Emergency Situations reported. According to the source, the car drove off the roadway and rolled into …

Seven apartments damaged by gas explosion in Rostov Region

Seven apartments damaged by gas explosion in Rostov Region

Seven apartments were damaged in total as a result of the domestic gas explosion occurred earlier in the Rostov Region, administration of Bogdanovsky Rural Settlement said on Sunday, TASS reports. "Two apartments [on the second …

Liquid steel spills at Izmir plant

Liquid steel spills at Izmir plant

Liquid steel spilled on a steel plant in Turkey, Turkish media report. The incident happened in the production area of the Habaş plant in Aliaga district, Izmir province. In total, about 80 tons of liquid steel were spilled, RIA Novosti …

Polish citizen missing in Armenia

Polish citizen missing in Armenia

Polish citizen Daniel Ovcharek went missing in Armenia, the Polish Embassy in Armenia reports. It is specified that the missing person arrived in Armenia from Tbilisi by taxi. Around midnight on April 30, he checked into Nor Yerevan …

Death toll from Iran flooding rises to 44, say officials

Death toll from Iran flooding rises to 44, say officials

The official death from this week’s wave of torrential flooding in Iran rose to 44 on Thursday, Middle East Monitor reported citing Anadolu Agency. Iran’s Mehr News Agency quoted Hamidreza Khankeh, deputy …

Missing pensioner found dead in Gyumri

Missing pensioner found dead in Gyumri

The body of a pensioner who went missing a few days ago was found today in a pond in Gyumri, the media report. It is known that a man living nearby saw a dead body in the water and immediately reported the terrible find to the law …

 29 people injured in explosion in Saratov

29 people injured in explosion in Saratov

29 people received burns from 2% to 7% of the body as a result of the explosion in the cafe in Saratov, the Emergency Management Department of the Saratov region reports. The report clarifies that at the time of the explosion, there …

Fragmentation bombs of  Great Patriotic War destroyed in Crimea

Fragmentation bombs of Great Patriotic War destroyed in Crimea

Yesterday, two explosive items of the Great Patriotic War were neutralized in Crimea, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic reports. Two fragmentation bombs weighing 2.5 kg (AO-2.5) were found in the open area two …