Cell catches fire

One of the cells at the Sliema police station lock-up caught fire yesterday, the police said. The man who was being detained in the cell was taken out by three policemen who then had to be hospitalised due to smoke inhalation. The prisoner was...

One of the cells at the Sliema police station lock-up caught fire yesterday, the police said.

The man who was being detained in the cell was taken out by three policemen who then had to be hospitalised due to smoke inhalation.

The prisoner was transferred to the lock-up in Floriana.

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