A blast in a building killed a man in Yerevan. The firemen, police, ambulance and representatives of the Emergency Situations Ministry arrived at the scene 15 minutes after the explosion occurred, RA rescue service informed NEWS.am.

According to preliminary version, the blast was caused by gas leak. Hovhannes Karapetyan, the owner of the burnt apartment, died in the explosion. Several apartments of the same building, as well as the cars parked nearby were damaged