The video shows thick gray smoke rising above a building, followed by an explosion that sent people running from the scene. People were trying to clear rubble and debris from a badly damaged building as clouds of dust and smoke hung in the air. Other bystanders helped the victims. Firefighters put out flames as smoke rises from the Surmalu market about two kilometers (1.2 miles) south of downtown Yerevan, Armenia. Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via AP The explosion left 60 injured.Alexander Patrin/TASS via ZUMA Press People help firefighters put out a fire after explosions in a fireworks warehouse in a shopping mall in Yerevan, Armenia. Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS Armenia’s Ministry of Health announced that the number of injured reached 60, of which 22 had already been discharged. Two people died, the ministry said on Telegram. Firefighters were trying to contain the fire as fireworks continued to explode, complicating the search and rescue operation, the head of the ministry’s rescue service told TASS. It was not immediately clear what caused the fireworks to explode.
