Fires cause new victims
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Five persons died from carbon monoxide poisoning in fires in their homes on Monday, January 25.
Dorina Cruc, spokeswoman for the Civil Protection and Emergencies Service, has told Info-Prim Neo that the fires were caused by defective or overheated stoves.
A 69-year-old man was killed in a fire in Ceadar-Lunga town. The fire destroyed objects in the house and then stopped burning.
A fire that broke out in an annexe situated near the forester's house in Cosauti village of Soroca district took the life of a woman aged 80.
A man aged 84 was found dead in his house in Suri village of Drochia district. The clothes on his bed were destroyed by fire.
An overheated stove in a house in Costuleni village of Ungheni district made the gas cylinder explode. The owner of the house, a 80-year-old woman, was killed in the fire.
A woman aged 83 got poisoned with carbon monoxide emitted by the defective stove in her house in Besghioz village of Ciadar-Lunga district.
The 147 fires that happened in Moldova this year resulted in 32 deaths.
