In order to save the lives of those injured because of the explosion of the fuel tank in Nagorno-Karabakh, there is a strong need to evacuate them by air. Ombudsman of Nagorno-Karabakh Gegham Stepanyan has said.

"Because of the explosion of the fuel warehouse in Artsakh, hundreds of people have been injured. It is still not possible to determine the exact number of the injured and casualties.

In the Republican Medical Center and the Children's Hospital of Stepanakert, in the conditions of limited medical and medicinal facilities, medical assistance is provided to the injured, however, it is not enough.

In order to save the lives of the victims, there is an urgent need to evacuate them by air," he wrote on his Facebook page.