Three people were hospitalised this afternoon following a fire at a restaurant in Sliema.
The police said the fire was in the restaurant kitchen, where the three people - a 36-year-old Maltese from Żebbuġ, Gozo, a 51-year-old Chinese who lives in Msida and a 30-year-old Russian woman from St Julian’s - were working.
The Chinese suffered slight injuries, the others grievous.