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Four people were discharged after receiving appropriate medical treatment...

An overnight fire that broke out in the barracks of an Armenian military unit left 15 servicemen dead and three others in serious condition, the country's defence ministry said today.

YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, ARMENPRESS. Colonel Garegin Poghosyan, a 44-Day War veteran and National Hero of Armenia title recipient, has been appointed as the new commander of the 2nd Army Corps.

Fifteen Armenian servicemen were killed and three others were critically injured in an overnight fire in the barracks of an Armenian military unit, Armenia's Defense Ministry reported on Thursday. The fire broke out in the barracks of an engineer and sapper company in a military unit in Azat, a village in Armenia's eastern Gegharkunik Province,

As per reports, 15 servicemen were killed and three others suffered serious injuries after a military barracks caught fire overnight in Armenia on Thursday, stated the defence ministry.  The fire "broke out in the barracks of an engineer and sniper company of a military unit", stated the ministry. "Fifteen servicemen were killed as a result... The condition of three (other) servicemen is assessed as serious," it added. 

A fire killed 15 servicemen and seriously injured three others in Armenia on Thursday after ripping through a military barracks overnight, the defence

The commander of Armenia’s 2nd Army Corps and other senior officers were terminated on Thursday after a fire in barracks killed more than a dozen soldiers, local media reported, according to Anadolu Agency. The country’s President Vahagn Khachaturyan signed

The cause of the fire in the military barracks in a town in the region which borders Azerbaijan is unknown.

Pashinyan, at a government cabinet session today, said an officer used gasoline to start a fire in a wood stove to heat the barracks, adding that the army’s leadership had banned the use of gasoline and other highly flammable liquids for such purpose

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — A fire at a military base in Armenia early Thursday killed at least 15 soldiers, the Defense Ministry said. The fire swept through a military barrack in the village of Azat, in Gegharkunik province, eastern Armenia.