A fireman was injured in a gas explosion in a Marsaxlokk garage this morning because the fire-fighters were not told that there were gas cylinders inside.

Informed sources told timesofmalta.com that three fire-fighters were inside the garage. They had been told there was only straw in the garage, but then it turned out that there were three gas cylinders, one of which exploded.

The fireman, aged 40 from Valletta, suffered face and neck injuries and is being treated at Mater Dei Hospital.

The incident happened at 5.30 a.m. in Dun Salv Gatt Street.

mynews@timesofmalta.com

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