YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) received a call, on Saturday at 6:28am, informing that there was fire at a workshop located on the first floor of a capital city Yerevan building, MES press service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. 

Two fire and rescue squads plus a response team were dispatched to the scene.

The Police and ambulance services were informed about the incident.  

It was found out that the fire had broken out in a semi-basement auxiliary structure located nearby the building.    

The fire was put out at 07:28am, but 16 square meters of household items were destroyed as a result of the fire.

In addition, the dead body of Vachagan Hakobyan, 57, was discovered inside the structure.