Yerevan, Jan 19 || At least 15 servicemen were killed in a fire that broke out in the barracks that belong to a unit of the Armenian Armed Forces, the country's Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
Three other servicemen were seriously injured and have been hospitalised, the Ministry as saying in a statement.
The fire broke out at 12.30 a.m. on Thursda in the barracks of the engineering and sniper company of a military unit.
The Ministry said that the fire, which completely burned down a building with an area of 104 square metres, had been extinguished by early Thursday morning.
It did not however, mention the cause of the blaze.
A local TV channel said the commander of Armenia's second corps was sacked because of this tragedy.