Armenpress: Two injured in Yerevan hospital fire

Two injured in Yerevan hospital fire

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 10:09, 16 April, 2021

YEREVAN, APRIL 16, ARMENPRESS. A patient and a doctor suffered burns in a fire at the Heratsi N1 Hospital Complex in Yerevan early Friday morning.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations said a 911 call was made at 06:24.

6 fire engines were dispatched to the scene. The fire, which had erupted at a 2nd-floor hospital room, was contained at 06:34 and extinguished at 06:43.

The hospital had evacuated 11 patients before the first responders’ arrival.

The cause of the fire wasn’t immediately clear.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

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