On February 17, at 21։28 an emergency call was received to 112 Operative Management Center of the MIA that smoke had been observed near a cemetery in Ijevan town.

Two opertive groups and one fire unit from the Fire and Rescue Squad of the Regional Rescue Department of the Rescue Service of the MIA of RA was dispatched to the scene.

It turned out that the fire broke out in the area adjacent to the cemetery on Blbulyan Street.

The fire was isolated at 22:44 and extinguished at 23:44. The grassland was burnt.