YEREVAN. – The whole area is 500 square meters, 50 of which burned before our arrival, and another 200 burned as a result of the firefighting. Speaking to reporters today, Vrezh Gabrielyan, Head of the Rescue Service of Armenia, stated this referring to the ongoing fire at a beer pub at an intersection in downtown Yerevan. (PHOTOS)

According to him, the fire will soon be extinguished.

In his words, a special expertise shall be conducted to find out the cause of the fire.

"It is definitely a result of human factor," Gabrielyan added.

Today at 1:59pm, the 911 emergency hotline received a call that that a fire broke out at a two-story building at an intersection of downtown Yerevan.

Several fire and rescue squads, a ladder fire truck, operational and emergency response teams, and a psychiatric instructor, have been dispatched to the scene.

The complexity degree of the fire has been increased.

It turned out that the fire had broken out on the roof of a restaurant. Its wooden roof constructions are burning.