The barge that was the site of a series of explosions on Sunday evening sunk off Balluta. The barge, which was meant to serve as a launching platform for the fireworks display for the feast of St Gregory celebrated in Sliema, sank overnight. One of its ends was still sticking out of the water in the morning but later in the day it was completely submerged.

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