A 43-year-old from Fgura was slightly injured this morning after inhaling some form of gas while working at Manoel Island.
Another five people were also taken to hospital as a precaution but they were not injured. They are a 28-year-old man from Fgura, a 39-year-old man from Hamrun, a 56-year-old man from Birkirkara and two Egyptians, aged 37 and 38.
The accident happened at around 11.15am, the police said.
The people hospitalised were working on a vessel at the Manoel Island Yacht yard.