A three-year-old from Gașpar village of Edineț district died after a rick of hay in a shed caught fire. According to the General Police Inspectorate, the child, together with another three children, were playing with matches next to the hay. The other three children didn’t suffer injuries and are out of danger, IPN reports.

The General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations said the call to the 112 Service was made on Friday evening. The fire engulfed the hay stored in an animal shed. Locals called out the firefighters and tried to extinguish the fire themselves. Meanwhile, they found the partially carbonized body of the three-year-old child at the scene.

A team of firefighters localized the fire in about half an hour and then fully extinguished in another half an hour.

The cause and circumstances of the fire are yet to be found out.

Grownups are urged not to leave the children unsupervised and to explain to them the risks to which they expose themselves when playing in water, with fire and dangerous items.