Father sets room with sleeping children on fire

A brother and a sister aged 12 and 10 died in a fire caused by their father who was under the influence of alcohol and sick with jealousy, Civil Protection and Emergencies Service spokeswoman Liliana Puscasu has told Info-Prim Neo. The tragedy happened in a house in Zambreni village of Ialoveni district on the night of November 12. Jealous and angry with his wife who had just returned from work, the man threatened to set fire to the house. The woman ran away. Her husband splashed gasoline in the anteroom and set the house on fire. The fire spread quickly and engulfed the house. The man’s clothes also caught fire. At that time, he remembered that his daughter aged 10 and his son aged 12 were sleeping in an annex. The firefighters came quickly, but could not rescue the children. The body of the boy was found near the window, while of the girl next to him. They probably died from carbon monoxide positioning and were then carbonized. The man received multiple burns and went into a coma. He is now at the Burns Center. An investigation is under way. Five children have died in fires so far this year.