August 26, 2010 - 16:50 AMT
Fire breaks out in Sevan-Dilijan tunnel

A fire broke out in Sevan-Dilijan tunnel around 3-3.30 p.m. Yerevan time.

According to preliminary data, a woman of 40 and a one-year-old child died in flames of a bus which started burning in the tunnel. Bus driver, injured in flame, managed to find his way out of the tunnel. No other details are provided. Traffic through the tunnel has been temporarily stopped, Armenian Rescue Service told PanARMENIAN.Net.