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This general view shows a burnt-out Armenian army barracks taken after a fire in the village of Azat, some 170kms east of Yerevan on Jan. 19, 2023. Gevork Tusunyan/AFP via Getty Images
YEREVAN, Armenia—A fire at a military base in Armenia early Thursday killed 15 soldiers after they used gasoline for heating, the Defense Ministry said.
The blaze quickly swept through a military barrack in the village of Azat, in Gegharkunik Province, eastern Armenia.