35 people have died in fires in Crimea due to unextinguished cigarettes this year.

CrimeaPRESS reports:

Smoking literally kills.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations reminded: every sixth fire occurs due to an unextinguished cigarette. In Crimea, 2,589 fires occurred due to careless handling of fire. At the same time, 35 people died due to an unextinguished cigarette.

Tonight, at 00:39, a fire was reported on Kozlov Street in Simferopol. Employees of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations quickly arrived at the scene and extinguished the fire in an area of ​​3 square meters. The fire damaged the sofa and furniture. Unfortunately, the body of the 82-year-old owner was found at the scene of the fire.— reported the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Republic of Crimea.

The preliminary cause of the fire is careless smoking. The cause of death was poisoning from combustion products.

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