PERSON WHO DIED IN BLAST NEAR ARMENIAN RAILWAY STATION WAS COMPANY SECURITY GUARD

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June 22, 2012 | 11:50

YEREVAN. – It was found out that Nerses Ghazaryan, who lost his life as
a result of a blast nearby Nairi Railway Station of Armenia’s Yeghvard
city, was a security guard at the Samvel Simonyan & Friends Company,
the Emergency Situations Ministry informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

As per the Ministry, a metal container had exploded, for yet unknown
reasons, while work was carried out at the Station’s industrial
facility.

To note, the Ministry had informed that it received a call, on Thursday
at 8:06pm, informing that a blast had occurred nearby the Nairi
Railway Station, and that there were injured and rescuers were needed.

A firefighting squad, and an operative team-together with
paramedics-were dispatched to the scene.

It was found out that an empty container had exploded while carrying
out welding near the railway station-in the area of an inactive oil
refinery plant.

As a result, Yeghvard resident Nerses Ghazaryan, 55, had lost his life.