15 Armenian troops were killed and three others were left in serious condition after a fire broke out at a military barracks.
The country's defence ministry said on Thursday; "According to preliminary information, 15 servicemen were killed as a result of a fire that broke out in the barracks of an engineer and sniper company of a military unit and the condition of three servicemen is assessed as serious.”
According to the ministry, the fire broke out in the village of Azat in Armenia's eastern Gegharkunik region.
It added that the cause of the fire was not yet established.
In August last year, more than a dozen people were also killed in an explosion and subsequent fire at a busy market in Armenia's capital Yerevan.
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