"As a result of search and rescue operations, the bodies of 11 dead were found," RIA Novosti quoted the agency as saying.

It is noted that at the moment there are 12 injured as a result of the emergency in hospitals in Yerevan.

Earlier, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia Artyush Grigoryan announced the complete elimination of the fire on the territory of the wholesale market in Yerevan.