A man and a woman died in a fire due to an unopened cigarette in Transbaikalia.

In the village of Kyra in the Trans-Baikal Territory, a man and a woman died as a result of a fire in a private house. According to preliminary data, the fire could have spread due to an unopened cigarette, according to the regional Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia.

The fire occurred the night before, on April 15, in a one-story apartment building on Sovetskaya Street. Rescuers arrived and found the bodies of a 41-year-old woman and a 48-year-old man in one of the rooms. They died from carbon monoxide poisoning.

"According to the preliminary version, the source of the fire was an unopened cigarette butt thrown on the veranda. The sofa caught fire from it, and the smoke quickly spread inside the house through the ajar door," the Ministry of Emergency Situations said in a statement.

According to the ChitaMedia news agency, the exact cause of the fire is being established. It will be installed by the staff of the State supervision.

According to the rescue agency, since the beginning of 2025, 35 people have died as a result of fires in the Trans-Baikal Territory.

On the morning of March 31, a man's body was found while extinguishing a fire in a four-apartment building in the village of Zabaikalsk. The cause of the fire, according to preliminary data, was also carelessness when smoking.