Explosion in “Nairit” factory

03/10/2006

On September 23, people called the fire fighting services and informed that in the evening (19:07) there was an explosion not far from the cemeteries of Noragavit community along the freeway of Artashat. The incident happened in the water outflow tubes of “Nairit 1” and “Nairit 2” factories. One citizen suffered and got body injuries. The explosion damaged water supply lines and scavenge systems, as well as six cars. Deputy head to the state inspection of environmental protection, Marzpet Kamalyan said to our correspondent that they didn’t have any ideas concerning the reasons and possible results or outflow of pesticides.