According to preliminary data, five persons were hospitalized as a result of the explosion on the Yerevan-Sevan motorway, reported the Ministry of Health of Armenia.

Additional information will be provided later.

Earlier it was reported that at 11:14pm Thursday, the National Center for Crisis Management was reported that an explosion and a subsequent fire had occurred at gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan motorway.

Fire and rescue squads are dispatched to the scene.

The Director of the Rescue Service-Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Armenia, Kamo Tsutsulyan, also is at the scene of the incident.