A number of letters in a post box along Sliema’s Tower Road were partly damaged by fire on Sunday, Maltapost said in a statement yesterday. The last collection from this letter box was on Saturday at 3.37 p.m. and Maltapost officials became aware of the incident on Sunday at about 4 p.m., it said.

All mail, including those burnt, will be delivered, the company said.

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