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Armenian fireworks warehouse blast death toll rises to 15
Smoke rises after blasts ripped through a fireworks warehouse in a shopping mall in Yerevan, Armenia August 14, 2022. — Picture by Hayk Baghdasaryan/Photolure via Reuters

YEREVAN (Armenia), Aug 16 — Rescuers have recovered more bodies from the site of a fireworks warehouse blast in Armenia, raising the death toll from Sunday’s accident to 15, the TASS news agency cited Armenia’s emergencies ministry as saying today.

Eighteen people remained missing, it said, since blasts ripped through the warehouse in a shopping mall in the Armenian capital of Yerevan on Sunday, causing parts of the building to collapse and injuring at least 62 people. — Reuters

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