A woman died and a man got intoxicated by flue gases following a house fire in Ialoveni district. Neighbors noticed that dense smoke was coming out of the house and alerted the emergency services, IPN reports.

According to the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, it happened in Nimoreni village. The woman who lost her life was 42 years old. A 43-year-old man was taken out of the house by neighbors. He got poisoned, but escaped death.

Preliminary investigations show that the fire started from a smoldering cigarette. The fires that happened in Moldova so far this year resulted in 100 deaths. Three of the victims were minors.