At least 15 dead as fire breaks out in Armenian military barracks: Report

ANKARA

At least 15 Armenian soldiers were killed and three others injured as a fire broke out in military barracks, local media reported on Thursday.

The incident occurred at around 1:30 a.m. local time in the barracks of an engineering-sapper company of the Armenian armed forces in the Azat village of eastern Gegharkunik province, state-run Armenpress news agency quoted Defense Ministry as saying.

The injured soldiers are in critical condition, the ministry said.

The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.