YEREVAN. – The fire that broke out at Surmalu mart in Yerevan at around 3am Tuesday was put off at 8:39am.

Garegin Hakobyan, an official from the Yerevan Rescue Department, told reporters that post-fire work is in progress there at the moment.

"There is virtually no work to be done: there are a few small areas with smoke in the collapsed areas," he said.

Asked what could have caused the fire, Hakobyan said he could not answer such questions.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, at 3:07am Tuesday, the national crisis management center of received a call was from a Yerevan cannery that there was a big fire.

It turned out that the fire had broken out at the central building—about 2,000 square meters—of Surmalu mart.

The fire was contained at 6:24am.

But toy and household items’ stalls—along with property—were burned down.

Minister of Emergency Situations Andranik Piloyan was at the scene.