On May 17, at 14:18 an emergency call was received to Lori Regional Crisis Management Center that building had been on fire near the gallery in Vanadzor town.

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

It turned out that a fire broke out in a wooden building adjacent to "Vanadzor Fine Arts Museum" at 52 Tigran Mets Street.

The fire was localized at 14:47 and extinguished at 15:14. The constructions of the wooden building (about 24 square meters), about 10 cabinets and household items were burnt.

The citizen was hospitalized with burns to a medical center.