According to preliminary data, five persons were hospitalized as a result of the explosion on the Yerevan-Sevan motorway, reported the Ministry of Health of Armenia. Additional information will be provided later. Earlier it was reported that at 11:14pm Thursday, the National Center for Crisis Management was reported that an explosion and a subsequent fire had occurred at gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan motorway. Fire and rescue squads are dispatched to the scene. The Director of the Rescue Service-Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Armenia, Kamo Tsutsulyan, also is at the scene of the incident.