A family in Attard had a rude awakening early yesterday morning when a gas heater in their home suddenly caught fire, setting their entrance hallway alight.
Construction workers from an adjacent building site rushed over to help contain the blaze with fire extinguishers, before firefighters arrived on site.
One of the three people in the house at the time of fire was treated for smoke inhalation but the other two, a mother and son, were unharmed apart from minor shock.
The family said some furniture and paintings were badly damaged in the fire.