Major fire occurs in Domus hypermarket in Yerevan

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YEREVAN, 7 October. /ARKA/. A major fire broke out on Monday in the furniture warehouse of Domus hypermarket on Isakov Avenue in Yerevan. According to Interior Ministry spokesman Narek Sargsyan and Director of the Rescue Service Kamo Tsutsulyan, the fire was reported at 12:57./pp

- The fire broke out in a furniture warehouse and then spread to the territory of the hypermarket's shops./pp

- There are no casualties./pp

- About 20 fire crews are involved in extinguishing the fire./pp

- The area of the fire is 2500-3000 square metres, burning furniture, equipment and building materials./pp

- According to the employees, who tried to cope with the fire on their own before the rescuers were called, the power supply was interrupted, then resumed, after which the fire started. Extinguishing the fire is complicated by solar panels and storage tanks installed on the roof of the building./pp/pp

- The fire has been given the third degree of complexity. As of 15:23, the fire has been localised. -0-/pp/pp --/p