A 74-year-old woman from Sliema suffered serious burns in her hands in a fire at her apartment at The Strand, Sliema, yesterday.

The fire brigade extinguished the fire which is believed to have started from a chip-pan left unattended, sources said.

The police said the woman managed to leave the apartment without assistance. Her condition is not life threatening.

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