Couple pulled dead from collapsed house in Yerevan

Panorama, Armenia
Feb 5 2024

A man and his wife were pulled out dead from the rubble of a house which collapsed following an explosion in Yerevan’s Erebuni district on Monday morning.

“Their bodies were recovered from under the rubble,” Interior Ministry spokesman Narek Sargsyan told reporters, adding their neighbors helped rescuers find the location.

The victims were identified as Hayk Soghomonyan and Gayane Yeghoyan.

Earlier on Monday, a young man and an elderly woman were pulled alive from the rubble.

The cause of the explosion was not immediately known.

An investigation is underway.