Man critical after garage fire

A Marsascala man is in critical condition after the garage he was working in yesterday afternoon was engulfed in flames. The police said the incident happened at around 2 p.m. when the 42-year-old man was working inside the garage in Żejtun Road, Żejtun.

A Marsascala man is in critical condition after the garage he was working in yesterday afternoon was engulfed in flames.

The police said the incident happened at around 2 p.m. when the 42-year-old man was working inside the garage in Żejtun Road, Żejtun. He was welding when the fire broke out and spread quickly, giving him no time to run out of the garage.

The man suffered burns to several parts of his body and was in critical condition, the police said.

Members of the Civil Protection Department were called to the scene to control the blaze, while an ambulance rushed the man to Mater Dei Hospital.

Duty magistrate Miriam Hayman is leading the magisterial inquiry.

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