A 28-year-old man was severely burnt and is in critical condition after an explosion during welding works with his father.

Alan Farrugia from Mqabba was believed to be tinkering with his electric power tools in his father’s garage when his gas-powered welding equipment blew up. His 60-year-old father, Mario Farrugia, whose condition was not known at the time of writing, was welding a steel mesh gate.

Both the father and the son were rushed to Mater Dei Hospital.

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