Bedridden man rescued from burning bedroom
A bedridden man was rescued in the nick of time after a fire broke out in his bedroom this afternoon.
Neighbours raised the alarm when they saw smoke coming out of a tenement in Frederick Street, Valletta and policemen and Civil Protection Department employees were quickly on the scene.
Firefighters fought the fire through a window while rescuers made their way in through the door and carried the man out. He is believed to have suffered smoke inhalation.
The incident was the second in a few days in Valletta. Another elderly man was injured in a similar fire last Friday.
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Joe Xuereb
Mar 18th 2010, 11:02
2) Forget about a new, totally unnecessary Parliament building. Regenerate this area - gosh! even tiny Valletta has graduated to having a suburb like any European city worth its heritage - and it may be renamed 'Gonzipin. Or 'Muskatin' (a bit of Semitic tokenism there), depending on the pomp and circumstance. Now THAT - bringing an honourable area back from the brink relegated as it was to being labelled 'the wrong side of the track'.- would be a project worth one being onorevolmente remembered by. Malta does onorevolmente big time. Let us see it being put into practice for a change. Punto. E non bast.
No, I don't care who does it. As long as it's done. Punto. E bast.
Joe Xuereb
Mar 17th 2010, 21:27
1) Posted against similar incident a few days ago.
What is an 85-year old man doing living in dilapidated conditions (they have to be for a blaze to cause the collapse of slabs falling off the ceiling|). How many more dwellings in lower Valletta continue to be inhabited when they shouldn't? Would it not be better for a new Parliament building to be built thereabouts so that the people who govern us get a whiff of the air that we ordinary mortals breathe and maybe then they will start to get to grips with reality. Go on! Baviera beckons! St. Elmo too. A reality check will benefit us all. Carpe diem!
PN, PL (when/if elected). Labelling is dangerous. Of places as of people. Dangerous and unfair. I am talking about the former Mandragg, rehabilited but maybe not enough. The lower of our capital is still a dereliction, the equivalent of a persona non grata, a terra incognita.