Environment Minister Leo Brincat insists the last major incident involving a liquefied natural gas plant occurred 70 years ago even when told about other major cases, including one as recently as 2004 in Algeria.
During a three-hour debate in Parliament on the planned gas-fired power plant in Marsaxlokk, Mr Brincat argued that the Opposition was only intending to alarm people, saying that LNG plants had a very good safety record.
He later tweeted the point raised during the debate that the last major incident dated back to 1944 in the United States.
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