The fires that broke out on December 31 and January 1 killed 4 persons, the data provided by the Department of Exceptional Situation inform. On December 31, around 8.00 in a dwelling in Perlita Village, Sangerei raion a fire blazed out due to the overheating of a stove. As a result, a man aged 66 died. A man aged 67 from Comrat died after he was intoxicated with carbon oxide in his apartment on New Year night. The smoking in bed caused a fire on January 1 that killed a man aged 36 from Puhaceni village, Anenii Noi raion. The body of a man aged 66 was found out in a burnt haycock in Ilenuta village, Falesti raion in the same day. According to the Department of Exceptional Situations, 40 fires, of which 9 in the municipality of Chisinau were registered during December 31 and January 1.