The fire that broke out in the back of Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran) in Yerevan has been extinguished, as reported the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia.

The fire was contained at 10:08 p.m. and extinguished at 11:59 p.m. last night, leaving 2.5 hectars of grassland, bushes and trunks burnt.

As reported earlier, on September 19 at 9:15 p.m. the National Center for Crisis Management of the Ministry of Emergency Situations received an alarm according to which a grassy area was on fire in the back of the Matenadaran, with different hotbeds.

Rescuers, firefighters and an on-duty doctor left for the scene of the incident and extinguished the fire.