At least one person is dead, and 36 injured, after an explosion ripped through a large market, in Armenia.

The blast happened at a fireworks storage area, at the Surmalu market, in Armenia's capital Yerevan on Sunday afternoon.

It set off a large fire and more than three hours, afterwards, firefighters were still trying to extinguish the flames.

Photos from the scene showed a towering column, of smoke in the area.