Wood and tyres went up in flames at around 3.40pm yesterday in Ħal-Farruġ, at a property owned by developer Charles Polidano. The area had been sealed off last year by the planning authority for a number of illegalities and falls within the 200-metre buffer zone of a nearby fireworks factory. The fire was put out by members of the Civil Protection Department.

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