Fire burst out near Armenian Embassy in Moscow

November 23, 2007 - 12:29 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A fire burst out near the Armenian Embassy in Moscow, in Armyanski Pereulok (Armenian lane) at 6 a.m. today. The Embassy administration decided to allow firemen to the scene and the fire was completely extinguished by 8 a.m. "The fire broke out at a neighboring construction site. The Embassy building was not damaged," head of Media Relations Division at the Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.



Early in the morning, 10 fire brigades arrived at the scene following an alert from Embassy employees. Covering a territory of some 100-150 square meters, the fire destroyed two-storeyed cabins in the environs of the Embassy.
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