Explosion hits major highway in Armenia

Panorama, Armenia
Aug 2 2019

An explosion occurred on a mayor highway in Armenia on Friday afternoon, the emergencies ministry’s press service reported.

A rescue squad of the ministry responded to the blast on Yerevan-Sevan highway after receiving a report at 12:17pm.

Around 30-meter-long section of the highway has become hardly passable due to the incident.

No injuries were reported.

The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear.