On August 28, at 17։46 an emergency call was received to Armavir Regional Crisis Management Center that grassland had been on fire in Artashar village

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 barn was burning next to a house on 14th Street in the village.

The fire was localized at 18:52 and extinguished at 21:21. About 1700 bales of hay were burnt. The fire was prevented from spreading to the barn.