YEREVAN, May 30 (RIA Novosti) - A fire that affected a residential area in the center of the Armenian capital, Yerevan, Tuesday has been put out, emergency services said.
"The fire that swept five small houses was extinguished at 4.55 p.m. [12.55 p.m. GMT], and there are no victims," Ara Movsisyan, senior spokesman for the rescue service, said.
Earlier spokesman Nikolai Grigoryan said a fire alarm had gone off at about 4 p.m. local time (12:00 p.m. GMT) and eight fire engines had been summoned to the site in the Kond district.
Firefighters experienced difficulties in extinguishing the blaze because fire engines could not pass easily through narrow streets and an accident the municipal water supply meant that pressure in the hoses could not be increased.
