On August 10 at 14:42 an emergency call was received to 112 Operative Management Center of the MIA that grassland and trees had been on fire in Proshyan settlement of Kotayk province.

Three fire units from the Fire and Rescue Squads of Yerevan and Regional Rescue Departments of the Rescue Service of the MIA of RA dispatched to the scene.  

It turned out that in an area of approximately 7,000 square meters grassland and around 30 cubic meters of accumulated old, worn-out tires were burning. The fruit trees were also heat-damaged.

The fire was localized at 15:46 and extinguished at 16:41.