An urgent situation occurred Thursday in Yerevan, shamshyan.com reports.

At around 12:50, the 112 hotline of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia received a report that a collapse had occurred on a street in the Armenian capital, and people were trapped under it.

Firefighters, rescuers, and ambulances were dispatched to the scene.

Rescuers, with the help of ordinary citizens, pulled one person out of the rubble, who is currently being provided with necessary medical assistance by paramedics on the spot and may be transferred to the hospital.

Another person is being tried to be pulled out—using special equipment—from under the concrete cover.

The investigative department has opened a criminal case into this incident, and the identities of the injured are being ascertained.