Azerbaijan fires at Augepar village. Two houses burn down

Two houses burned down in Aygepar village of Armenia’s Tavush province at the border with Azerbaijan after the Azerbaijani side opened fire from large caliber guns.

“Shots were fired from large caliber guns. Shooting began at 2 am and lasted until 6:30 am. When those houses caught fire, we called firefighters and rescuers who could not approach the place because of gunfire. The houses along with property burned down,” village administrator Andranik Aydinyan told Aysor.am.

Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations said that information about the fire was received around 4:20 am on August 10.

“Two fire brigades were sent to the scene. Rescuers were unable to approach the scene because of danger. Two homes – a 130 sq. meter house and a 120 sq. meter one – completely burned down,” MES said.

The Armenian side returned the fire. The Azerbaijani media reported casualties in the Tovuz direction.