Five cars were destroyed in a fire that spread through the workshop of a panel beater in Xwieni Street, Marsa, yesterday morning. The owner, a 37-year-old mechanic from San Ġwann, was welding before walking across the street to talk to a colleague. He then noticed smoke emerging from his garage. People reported hearing a number of small explosions from cars.

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