Explosion Rocks One of Largest Plants in Armenia

The Emergency service says that it has received the first emergency call in Yerevan at about 6:30 PM local time (nine hours of difference from U.S. EST). The Emergency health service says that they have seen two people killed because of the Nairit explosion.

LLC "Nairit", the official representative of "Nairit Plant" CJSC in the Russian Federation, has started its operations. The company is a subsidiary to “Nairit Plant” CJSC. It has started its practical activities related to chloroprene sales of rubbers (from the storage areas located in Moscow, RF) and carbinol (from “Nairit Plant” CJSC warehouses, Yerevan, Armenia).

Just on April 28 the prime minister of Armenia Mr. Tigran Sargsyan visited "Nairit factory," got acquainted with the ongoing processes of the production and the perspectives of developments the factory has got. Tigran Sargsyan stressed that the real potential of “Nairit” should be much used to create thousands working places and to contribute to the development of other factories.

“Chemical industry has real perspectives for Armenia but there is no chemical industry without “Nairit”, hence it is of great importance for the state,” the Prime Minister said.

Nairit is the largest chemical plant not only in Armenia but in the entire region of Caucasus manufacturing industrial rubber. At this time there is no official word of what has caused the explosion. Not official sources according to Armenian Media, report that some types of chemical leaks have caused the explosion attributing it to an accident.