A fire broke out this morning in an apartment building located in Chisinau’s Ciocana district. Firefighters intervened with air-supplied respirators to save 5 persons trapped in the smoking and blazing building. According to the press unit of the Emergencies Department, the fire broke out at around 7:30 am in the cage of the lift in a nine-story block on 4/1 Sadoveanu Street. The fumes spread rapidly all over the staircase, blocking the exit for five persons trapped on the upper stories. The flames completely destroyed the car. The fire was extinguished at 8:15 am. Its causes and circumstances are being investigated.