An elderly man who suffered burns in a fire at his home on February 24, succumbed to his injuries, police said yesterday.

The fire was sparked by a heater while the man, 73, was asleep at his home in Mosta Road, St Paul’s Bay.

The man, trapped in the house, was rescued by police and Civil Protection Department personnel, some of whom also needed treatment for smoke inhalation.

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