A father and son were injured yesterday afternoon when a ceiling caved in while they were working at a house in Paola.

People at the scene said the two men, aged 59 and 27 from Marsascala, were working in a house in Mater Boni Consigli Street when they fell a height of one storey after the roof caved in.

The father was seriously injured but is not in a critical condition, according to the police.

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