A massive fire at the Nairit chemical plant was preceded by explosions
YEREVAN (RFE/RL)””More than a hundred firefighters battled a massive fire on Monday inside a Soviet-era chemical plant in Yerevan that has largely stood idle for the last several years.
The fire broke out at the Nairit plant located on the city’s southern outskirts in the morning for reasons that were not immediately clear. It engulfed storage tanks filled with combustible chemical waste. Thick black smoke billowed skyward throughout the day, with firefighting crews struggling to contain the blaze which still raged as of 9 pm local time.
The Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations said late in the evening that the fire is now “under the full control of the firefighters”
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