The National Center for Crisis Management of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia has received information that today at 1:57 p.m. a grassy area in Proshyan village of Kotayk Province was on fire, as reported the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia.

A firefighting-rescue squad of the Yerevan Rescue Department of the Rescue Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia left for the scene of the incident.

The fire was contained at 2:17 p.m. and put out at 2:24 p.m.

It turned out that a grassy area (500 square meters) and fodder were burned on one of the lands in Proshyan village.