A fire broke out in one of the buildings on Northern Avenue in Yerevan today, as reported the news service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia.

At 5:56 p.m. the National Crisis Management Center of the ministry received an alarm according to which four firefighting-rescue squads of the Yerevan Rescue Department had left for the scene.

According to preliminary data, the fire broke out in the chimney of the building near the Italian La Piazza restaurant located at 5 Northern Avenue

Rescuers evacuated nearly 30 citizens.