(Clarifies that injured persons were workers on the scaffolding)

Three workers were rushed to hospital this afternoon after scaffolding which was six storeys high collapsed in a heap in Bizazza Street Sliema, creating panic among pedestrians in the small square near the Plaza complex entrance.

The incident happened at around 2.15 p.m. The police said this evening that the injured people were workers who had been working on the scaffolding. Two suffered minor injuries while a third was treated for shock. No pedestrians were injured, in what people in the area said was a miracle.

Nearby shop windows and cars were damaged.

The Health and Safety Authority is investigating.