On August 19 at 16։04 an emergency call was received to Shirak Regional Operative Management Center that explosion had heard from a house on Madoyan Street in Gyumri town.

Two fire units from the Fire and Rescue Squad of Regional Rescue Department of the Rescue Service of the MIA of RA dispatched to the scene.

According to preliminary data, an explosion occurred in the house due to a gas leak as a result of the collapse of about 40 square meters of the house. One citizen was hospitalized.