REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
23.08.2022
The “Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Center” of the Ministry of Environment has installed additional mobile observation stations on the territory of the “Surmalu” Shopping Center

The “Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Center” of the Ministry of the Environment monitors atmospheric air pollution through 5 fixed and 42 mobile observation posts, however, after the explosion, “Surmalu” installed additional mobile observation stations on the territory of the shopping center, including at the explosion site.
The stations were also installed at a certain distance.
At a distance of 5 and 10 m from the explosion, nitrogen and sulfur dioxides were up to 2.5-3 times higher than the permissible limited concentration, but this number is gradually decreasing.