Since Wednesday, samples of drinking water have been taken in the territory adjacent to the Surmalu shopping center for laboratory research on the quality. The samples have been taken since Wednesday, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Armenian Ministry of Health told NEWS.am.

To date, no discrepancies with the established norms of the indicators of the samples were detected. The daily monitoring continues.

On August 14 there was an explosion and fire at the shopping center Surmalu which killed 16 people. A criminal case was filed under part 2 of Article 357 (violation of fire safety rules resulted by negligence human death or other serious consequences) and part 2 of Article 358 (violation of rules of storage, transportation, delivery or use of flammable or combustible materials resulted by negligence human death or other serious consequences) of the Criminal Code of Armenia.