Three persons died from carbon monoxide positioning in their homes on Sunday, February 14. Dorina Cruc, spokeswoman for the Civil Protection and Emergencies Service, has told Info-Prim Neo that two of the victims were from Soroca district. A 49-year-old man was discovered dead in his house in Cainarii-Vechi village. He felt asleep with a burning cigarette, which set the bed clothes on fire. A man aged 74 from Cosauti village died in a fire that is also blamed on a burning cigarette. A 55-year-old woman from Dubasarii-Vechi village of Criuleni district got poisoned with carbon monoxide emitted by her faulty stove. The 271 fires that happened in Moldova this year resulted in 51 deaths. Four villages – two in Nisporeni district and by one in Straseni and Soroca districts - were still disconnected from the power supply this morning, by 10 A.M.