On August 10, at 15։26 an emergency call was received to Gegherkunik Regional Crisis Management Center that grassland had been on fire in Artsvanist village.

One fire unit 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 the fire broke out in the yard of a house on 1st Street in Artsvanist village.

The fire was localized at 15:55 and extinguished at 16:27. About 120 bales of hay and about 200 square meters of grassland were burnt.