A man was taken to hospital with multiple burns after he tried to put out a fire that broke out in a room in his home. Woken by the cat's meowing, he started to put out the fire, which quickly spread to the furniture and belongings in the room and then to the roof. Firefighters responded and quickly subdued the flames, according to the press service of the so-called Tiraspol foreign ministry.

The fire broke out at 04:00. in the village of Dzerjinscoe in the Dubasari district.

The 61-year-old man was rushed to hospital with multiple burns but is out of danger, IPN reports.