1 injured in fire at Yerevan Medical University

A fire broke out in a classroom at Yerevan Medical University, resulting in one person being hospitalized, Report informs referring to Armenian media citing the National Crisis Management Center.

A laboratory with equipment (approximately 6 square meters) and a suspended ceiling in the hallway (approximately 12 square meters) burned.

The incident occurred yesterday.

Four fire crews from the Yerevan Rescue Department of the Emergency Situations Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a duty team from the Firefighting and Rescue Department, and a chemical investigator from the Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Situation Monitoring Department responded to the scene.

It was determined that the fire originated in a laboratory on the university's seventh floor.