On December 19, at 22:53 emergency calls were received to Lori and Gegharkunik Regional Crisis Management Centers that metal sheets, cars, gas pipes, electrical wires had been damaged and trees had been fallen in Vanadzor town, on Tashir-Stepanavan, Vanadzor-Dilijan and Martuni-Sevan roadways.

The operative group and one fire unit from the Fire and Rescue Squad of Regional Rescue Department of the Rescue Service of the MIA of RA dispatched to the scene.

The rescuers blocked off the scene, dismantling sheet metal, dismembering fallen trees and removing them from roadway.