YEREVAN. – The Ministry of Territorial Administration and Emergency Situations of Armenia received a report on Thursday at 8:25am.

Accordingly, a traffic accident had occurred, with an outbreak of fire, in Yeraskh village in the Ararat Province.

Three fire and rescue squads were dispatched to the scene.

According to preliminary data, there is one dead and five injured.

The injured were transferred to the Ararat village medical center.

A truck with Iranian license plates had collided with seven cars on the Yerevan-Meghri motorway, in Yeraskh village, reported Shamshyan.com.

As a result of the collision, several vehicles had burned and turned into a heap of ashes, and some others had become scrap metal.

One person had died, whereas nine others were taken to the hospitals in Ararat village and Vedi town.