“Rescuers removed the body of a woman of about 50 years old from under the rubble ... Rescuers just pulled out the body of the fifth victim from under the rubble.
The identities of two of them have not been established, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
Earlier, the department said that it was possible to establish the identity of three people who died in the explosion.
The fate of 17 more people remains unknown.
As the head of the press service of Yerevan Municipality Levon Sardaryan stated, search and rescue operations at the site of the explosion at the Surmalu market are proceeding slowly, as there may be living people under the rubble.