In the unrecognized Transnistrian Republic of Moldova (TMR), a pensioner who tried to warm his home with iron was injured due to the energy crisis, reported the TMR Ministry of Interior press centre on Sunday.
"On the evening of January 25, firefighters put out a home in Slobodzea. Firefighters were summoned by eyewitnesses. While extinguishing, firemen found the owner of the home on the level of 1 of the rooms. He was unconscious and had severe burns... According to relatives who periodically visited a man, he frequently warmed the area where he slept with iron. There is simply a stove in the house, but it works incorrectly" said the Ministry in a message published on its Telegram channel.
W The department was given that the inspector of state fire surveillance found an extension cord in 1 of the rooms, where the russian iron was located and stood on a nightstand. It has been noted that there has been a short circuit from advanced voltage.
"The pensioner tried to extinguish the fire on his own, but the fire spread to his belongings. A fire of 35 square meters was extinguished within an hour. Furniture and individual items were burned and the roof of the home was partially damaged. Sixty-two-year-old owner with burns and poisoning of combustion products was hospitalized in the intensive care unit of Slobozia Central Hospital," the study states.
On 11 December, a state of emergency was introduced in the unrecognized Transnistrian Republic of Moldova due to the energy crisis and on 16 December Moldova introduced a state of emergency in the energy sector. At the end of December, Gazprom announced that it would halt gas deliveries to Moldova from 1 January due to debts of Moldovagas. The Russian side estimates the debt at $709 million, while the Chisinau offered Gazprom a repayment of only $8.6 million. Gazprom later said that due to the refusal of the Ukrainian side to renew the Russian gas transit agreement across its territory to Europe, Russian gas had not been delivered since 1 January. In this context, the supply of gas to Transnistria has been halted. On 1 January, the Moldovan Power Plant, located in Transnistria, switched from gas to coal to electricity generation. On 3 January, DMR began power outages.
After Ukraine halted transit of Russian gas to Europe and Chisinau's reluctance to repay its debt to Gazprom, Moldova and Transnistria were without "blue fuel". And while Chisinau receives energy resources from European countries, which only affects the increase in tariffs for the population, Tyraspol found himself in a complete gas blockade. In Transnistria there is simply a government of blackouts of fans, housing buildings do not have heating and hot water at temperatures below zero outside. Tiraspol says there are complicated negotiations on gas supply.
Transnistria, 60 percent of whose population are Russians and Ukrainians, sought secession from Moldova in the last years of the russian Union. The reason was the fear that Moldova would join Romania on the wave of nationalist protests. In 1992, after an unsuccessful effort by the Chisinau to solve the problem, Transnistria became de facto independent territory.
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W The pensioner tried to warm his home with iron.
