Smoke rises after blasts ripped via a fireworks warehouse in a shopping center in Yerevan, Armenia August 14, 2022.
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Rescuers have recovered extra our bodies from the location of a fireworks warehouse blast in Armenia, elevating the demise toll from Sunday’s explosion to 16, the emergencies ministry mentioned on Tuesday.
Seventeen individuals stay lacking, it mentioned in an announcement, after blasts ripped via the warehouse in a market within the Armenian capital of Yerevan on Sunday, inflicting components of the constructing to break down and injuring at the very least 60 individuals.
Emergencies minister Armen Pambukhchyan mentioned a pregnant lady and а younger little one have been among the many useless, and that search and rescue efforts have been ongoing as of Tuesday morning.
Video shared by the emergencies ministry confirmed rescuers sifting via a smouldering pile of rubble and twisted steel.
It was not clear what triggered the blast, which happened within the massive Surmalu market, though authorities have dominated out terrorism.
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