Azerbaijanis deliberately set fire to Armenian territories to cause conflagrations, Vice-Chief of rescue parties, RA Rescue Service, Colonel Pavel Gezalyan told a press conference on August 4, commenting on two fires that broke out in Vaiots Dzor and Tavush.

“Fires broke out in several places at a time. When our fire fighters tried to put the fire out, the enemy opened fire at them,” Gezalyan said. The rescuers had to wait for the fire to reach safer territories to start putting it out.

“This is another way of causing trouble and damage,” he said.