ArmInfo.. As of 11:30 a.m. on August 23, the fire at the Dzyunik Sarnaran refrigeration plant is still not extinguished. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies of Armenia.
According to the source, fire extinguishing works are carried out on the fifth floor of the plant. Thanks to the efforts of the staff of the Ministry of Emergencies of Armenia, about 100 tons of various goods were removed from the fire. Work on site 12 combat crews of the Ministry of Emergencies of Armenia. The fire extinguishing operation is under the personal control of the Minister of Emergency Situations of Armenia Felix Tsolakyan.
It should be noted that the fire at the Dzyunik Sarnaran refrigeration plant began on August 19. As Minister of Emergency Situations of Armenia Felix Tsolakyan stated in an interview with reporters, the whole difficulty in extinguishing a fire lies in the building itself. "There are practically no windows in this building, in turn, it has very thick walls, assembled from light materials, which are covered with cement on top. Thus, the fire enveloped the walls themselves," Tsolakyan emphasized.