A total of 8,000 hay bales were burnt by the fire that broke out in the village of Yeraskh of Armenia’s Ararat Province as a result of Azerbaijani shelling on Friday, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

The Ararat Regional Crisis Management Center was alerted about the incident in mid-afternoon on Friday.

Three fire brigades were dispatched to the scene.

The fire was contained on Saturday, at 7:57am, the ministry said.