A 46-year-old man died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a fire. According to preliminary inquiries, the bedclothes and mattress caught fire from a burning cigarette. Liliana Puscasu, press officer of the Civil Protection and Emergencies Service, has told Info-Prim Neo that the fire happened in Balti municipality on January 20. Relatives of the man said he was in an annex when the tragedy struck. His wife went out after wood and saw smoke coming out of the annex. She tried to open the door, but it was locked. She called their son, who destroyed the lock with an ax. When they took the man out, he was already dead. The man had a daughter aged 11 and a boy aged 19. The firefighters recommend avoiding smoking inside homes, especially in bed. The 126 fires that happened in Moldova so far this year resulted in 13 deaths.