Two brothers were seriouly injured this afternoon in a fall from a scaffolding in St Paul's Bay. They are not in a critical condition.

People on the scene said one of the men had suffered head injuries and another suffered fractures. The men were working on the house and fell a height of one storey into a yarda t around 2.15 p.m.

The police said that one of the brothers, a 53-year-old, lived in Qormi while the other, a 51-year-old, lived in Paola.

Two ambulances were sent to the site.

No further details were immediately available.

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