On September 18, around 20:00, the Ministry of Internal Affairs 112 operational control center received an alert that 2 citizens were lost in the area of ​​Khustup Mountain, and the help of rescuers was needed. The Kapan fire-rescue squad immediately went to the scene with an alarm One combat count has left. Որոնողական աշխատանքներին մասնակցել են 14 փրկարար և Էկոպարեկային ծառայության մեկ կարգախումբ։ Search operations in difficult terrain continued throughout the night. As a result of extensive search operations, around 11 o'clock, the rescuers found the lost citizens on the road leading to Khustup, 6 km from the village of Vachagan, in the forest adjacent to the village called Kol.