The police have detained an intoxicated man disobeying the officers' instructions and attempting to approach the blast site on the Nutsubidze Plateau.
An explosion has occurred at a gas station on the Nutsubidze Plateau in the vicinity of the Cafe Verde. One person has reportedly been hurt in the blast and transported to an intensive care unit; no one has died. Witnesses say that the explosion was so massive that windows of a residential apartment building near the blast site were broken by shockwaves.