Azerbaijani side did not open fire on the Armenian fire truck. This is stated in the commentary of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan in connection with the information in Armenian media that on August 17, at 20:40, the divisions of the Azerbaijani army allegedly opened fire on a fire truck who arrived to extinguish a fire.
in the defense department reported that the fire arose at about 18:00 at the pasture in the foothills at the village of Gibala in Azerbaijan, where Russian peacekeepers were temporarily deployed, and the Azerbaijani divisions saw him from their positions in this direction.
Russian peacekeepers immediately informed about the fire in order to extinguish and prevent the spread of fire.
“We declare that the opposite information is about the fact that allegedly our units opened fire in this direction, in particular, on the fire truck, is a lie, and a similar fact was also not recorded by Russian peacekeepers,” reported in the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan .