The very first thing that needed to be clarified was who did what and what didn’t do. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said this at Thursday’s Cupboard assembly of the Armenian authorities—and referring to the tragic fireplace that occurred in a army unit in Gegharkunik Province.
Specifically, he said: “We have now came upon that the hearth service of the Rescue Service of the Ministry of Inner Affairs arrived on the proper time, however in fact, the space was fairly lengthy.
We have now came upon that on December 21, 2022, the Chief of the Common Employees of the Armed Forces signed the 14-GSH order with the next title: ‘In regards to the fires that occurred within the army models of the armed forces and their prevention.’ He clearly instructed, gave an order, what needs to be executed to adjust to the hearth [safety] laws. It isn’t essential to publish the entire textual content; in level 7 it’s said: ‘to strictly forbidden to make use of automotive gasoline, nephrite, and different varieties of flammable liquids as an ignition for the operation of stoves, to retailer them individually from different liquids.’
The primitive maintaining of this command would have merely prevented this from occurring. However we discover out that not solely gasoline was used, however in response to preliminary information, the [defense] minister reported that particular burners are allotted to gentle the stoves, in order that there might be no want for extra issues.
An try was made to fill the furnace with a 5-liter container. Naturally, when there was an open fireplace, not solely the range was burned, but additionally the gasoline. The hearth unfold to the officer who was attempting to gentle the range, after which, primarily based on self-defense intuition, the 5-liter gasoline was thrown within the path of the army unit’s lodging. I suppose not on goal. After that, it’s already clear what occurred.”
Earlier, Armenian News-NEWS.am reported that at round 1:30am on Thursday, a hearth broke out—below nonetheless unknown circumstances—within the lodging of the engineer-sapper troop of the army unit situated within the territory of Azat village of Armenia’s Gegharkunik Province. In keeping with preliminary information, 15 servicemen have died on account of this hearth, and three others are in extreme situation.
