Three persons died in the seven fires that occurred in Moldova yesterday and last night, Civil Protection and Emergencies Service spokeswoman Liliana Puscasu has told Info-Prim Neo. A 78-year-old man from Rosu village of Cahul district was killed in a fire caused by a smoldering cigarette. A woman aged 80 lost her life in a fire that started from the stove in Petreni village, Drochia. In Cantemir district, a man of 58 died in a fire whose cause is not yet known. The 90 fires that happened in Moldova so far this year resulted in 19 deaths. One of the victims was a child.