Five soldiers were potentially poisoned by smoke during a fire that broke out at the barracks of Rukla garrison in Jonava District on Thursday.
The fire broke out at around 10:00 on one of the floors of the barracks of the General Romualdas Giedraitis Artillery Battalion, the Lithuanian Armed Forces said in a press release.
When the soldiers on duty noticed smoke in a storage room, they started to extinguish the fire.
The fire brigade was called to the scene, which localised and extinguished the fire.
Five soldiers were referred for medical examination for possible smoke inhalation.
A storage room for household goods was burnt in the fire, and part of the premises was flooded with water.
The exact damage is being assessed and the cause of the fire is being investigated.
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