A delicate operation to empty a leaking gas bowser in Mellieħa was concluded on Wednesday, two days after it was launched.
The Civil Protection Department had to flare the gas some distance away from the bowser in an operation which necessitated the evacuation of three nearby houses.
Some 150,000 litres of water were used by fire-tenders and private browsers.
The damaged bowser was on Wednesday taken to the Liquigas plant near Birzebbuga for repairs. It was escorted by a fire tender and the police.