On July 1, at 15:44 an emergency call was received to Crisis Management National Center that fire had broken out on Zakaria Kanakertsi Street of Yerevan city.

Two fire units from the Fire and Rescue Squad of Yerevan Rescue Department of the Rescue Service of MIA of RA dispatched to the scene.

"1 BIS" degree of fire complexity was announced: four more fire units, one autoladder from the Fire and Rescue Squad and the duty group of the Management Division for Firefighting and Rescue Activities of Yerevan Rescue Department, the operative group of the Crisis Management National Center, the duty group of the Medical Care Provision Department of the Rescue Service of MIA of RA dispatched to the scene.

For safety reasons, the rescuers evacuated about 50 residents from the building.

The fire was localized at 17:08 and extinguished at 17:40. The wooden constructions (about 200 square meters) and household items on the roof of the three-storey building were burnt.

The firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to other parts of the building.