Pashinyan to meet with parents of 15 soldiers killed in fire in Azat  village

ArmInfo. On April 27, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will meet with the parents of 15 soldiers  who died in a fire in the barracks of one of the military units in the village of Azat, Gegharkunik region of the Republic of Armenia, lawyer Norayr Norikyan said on social networks.  

According to him, the meeting will be held behind closed doors, only the parents of the dead servicemen will take part in it.

Earlier, on April 21, relatives and friends of 15 dead servicemen  held a protest action in front of the RA government building. They  demanded a meeting with the prime minister and the head of the  Defense Ministry.

On the night of January 19, at 01:30, a fire broke out in the  barracks of the engineer company in the village of Azat. As a result,  15 servicemen were killed. According to the Investigative Committee,  the cause of the fire was the use of gasoline for heating. Seven  senior officials of the military unit were dismissed from their  posts, including the commander of the second army corps, the chief of  staff for the rear of the corps, the deputy commander for combat  duty, the head of the engineering service, the commander of the  engineer- sapper company and the head of the fire safety of the  logistic support of the RA Armed Forces.