BIG FIRE IN YEREVAN

Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
12:43 / 08/11/2009

August 10, 2009 around 10 a.m. local time, a fire flared up in the
building of Armenian Association of the Blind on Isahakyan street,
Armenian Rescue Service reports.

Two fire teams and one fire aerial ladder were needed to extinguish
the fire. Sergeant Lazarian, fireman of the 8th brigade got a slight
injury. He was discharged from municipal hospital once getting the
necessary treatment. The fire was contained in an hour. The roof and
roof covering burned down.