A fire in the old railway tunnel beneath the Tritons fountain in Valletta created a thick plume of smoke visible from the granaries during the Papal Mass this morning.

The blaze was promptly extinguished by firemen who were stationed in nearby Foriana. The blaze was caused by an old tyre.

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