The people living in a block located at 41/1 Mihai Eminescu St, together with the owner of the apartment in which a fire occurred in April, said they will sue the Embassy of Romania in Moldova. The apartment in which the fire happened was rented by a female employee of the Embassy and examinations showed that the fire was caused by a laptop left connected to the power supply. According to the apartment owner, the damage was assessed at €800,000-900,000, but no one wants to assume responsibility.

In a news conference staged at IPN News Agency, Corneliu Chelnakov said that his apartment has been rented by the Embassy of Romania to base its economic section there. As a result of the fire, the apartment was 98% destroyed. The apartments of neighbors were also affected.

“We do not really understand the Embassy’s position. We weren’t given a time limit and we didn’t receive any response. We didn’t see wish to mediate this conflict. We have to start with tomorrow and to sue the Embassy and their section for damages,” stated Corneliu Chelnakov.

According to him, two extrajudicial examinations were carried out and these lasted for 90 days. It was established that the fire was caused by a laptop that was used inappropriately. More exactly, this was left on the bed being connected to the power supply. The firefighters’ examination showed the same cause. “We give them one more chance until tomorrow and hope they will react so that this conflict is settled by amicable ways,” said the apartment owner.

Lawyer Andrei Matsko said they ask the damage caused by fire in that apartment building in central Chisinau to be repaired. They got in touch with the responsible person from the Embassy, but not directly, but through the agency of the secretariat. The communication is impeded this way and after the last call was even ignored.

According to the lawyer, the only chance for this situation to be remedied is for representatives of the Embassy of Romania, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration and of dwellers to sit at a table and consider mutually advantageous solutions.

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