Woman survives apartment fire but suffers carbon monoxide poisoning

A 35-year-old woman has been hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning treatment after surviving an apartment fire Monday afternoon in Chisinau. Liliana Puscasu of the Fire & Rescue Dept. has told Info-Prim Neo that the fire broke out at 14:00 in a home on Studentilor Street. Apparently the cause was a defective electrical cable. Firefighters evacuated the residents from nearby apartments to avoid other cases of carbon monoxide poisoning. Around the same hour in Loganesti village, Hancesti district, a Fiat Tipo car caught fire for reasons unknown yet. The damage and the cause are being established. A short circuit was to blame for a fire in the summer kitchen of a household in Soldanesti town. When the firefighters arrived all the content of the kitchen was destroyed. The damage estimated by the owner amounts to 20,000 lei. The intervention of the crew saved the house from flames. 105 fires with 5 casualties have been registered in May across Moldova. From the beginning of the year there were recorded 820 fires which killed 97 persons and damaged 59 vehicles.