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.
Authorities said that seven soldiers were injured, and three of them remained in grave condition.
Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan said at a Cabinet meeting that the fire erupted because soldiers used gasoline to fuel a stove in violation of fire safety rules. He said that the unit’s commander and about a dozen other officers were also fired….