On March 27, at 18:59 an emergency call was received at Syunik Regional Operative Management Center that landslide had occurred on the road leading to the Arpik district in Kapan town, and that the road had been one-way closed.

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. 

It turned out that as a result of a landslide activated by heavy rainfall, a mass of soil and tree branches had ended up on the roadway.

The rescuers cut up the tree branches and removed from the roadway — the traffic flow was restored.