Officer detained in Armenia over fire in barracks

An officer has been detained in Armenia in connection with a fire in barracks that killed 15 servicemen, according to the press service of the country's Prosecutor General's Office, Report informs referring to Sputnik-Armenia.

On January 30, the prosecutor decided to initiate criminal proceedings against the head of the public utility service, the head of the fire protection and rescue service of the N military unit of the Armenian Ministry of Defense, Major M.S. under part 3 of article 550 (official negligence, which led to the death of a person) of the Armenian Criminal Code.

On January 31 Major M.S. was detained.

The investigation obtained sufficient evidence that M.S., being a commander (chief) and an official, responsible for organizing fire protection, the constant readiness of a group of firefighters, fire extinguishing equipment and training personnel in fire safety rules, for installing fire extinguishers in all barracks, showed dishonesty and negligence in his official duties.

He did not fulfill his duties, including providing the engineer company of the N military unit with fire protection equipment, which led to the death of people.