February 28, 2001 - 17:54 AMT
OFFICE OF "YERKRAPA" UNION OF KARABAKH WAR VETERANS BURNT DOWN IN STEPANAKERT
YEREVAN, February 28. /Mediamax/. Today at 2 AM fire broke out in two-storeyed administrative building on Azatamartikneri Avenue in Stepanakert, where office of "Yerkrapa" union of Karabakh war veterans was situated. The whole second floor got enveloped in flames at once. The fire was extinguished by 5 AM, but both floors completely burnt down by that time. There are no victims.
As the correspondent of Mediamax reports, on Tuesday, at about 8 PM, another fire broke out near the Foreign Ministry of NKR, situated on the same Azatamartikneri Avenue. However, this fire was put out.
NKR Foreign Ministry and the Prosecutor's Office found it difficult to specify the reasons of the fire. Investigation proceeds. --0--