Civil Protection Department personnel were yesterday called to control a fire that engulfed the top floor of the disused Holiday Inn Hotel in Tigné, Sliema. The fire, reported at about 4.30 p.m., produced a thick plume of smoke. It is believed the fire was caused by a short circuit.

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