A bedridden man was rescued in the nick of time after a fire broke out in his bedroom this afternoon.
Neighbours raised the alarm when they saw smoke coming out of a tenement in Frederick Street, Valletta and policemen and Civil Protection Department employees were quickly on the scene.
Firefighters fought the fire through a window while rescuers made their way in through the door and carried the man out. He is believed to have suffered smoke inhalation.
The incident was the second in a few days in Valletta. Another elderly man was injured in a similar fire last Friday.