Residents of Triq Sant’ Andrija in Luqa had to be evacuated early this morning following an explosion at a pastizzerija in the same road.

No one was injured in the incident, which happened at around 2am.

The police said officers from the Luqa station heard the explosion and when reaching the scene, they saw fire coming out of the shop, the shutter and window of which were blown out probably because of the blast.

The police immediately started to evacuate nearby residents. As the people were being evacuated, two other explosions took place.

The cause of the incident is not yet known. 

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