Updated 7.50am

The Civil Protection Department is in Strait Street in Valletta, corner with Old Theatre Street, trying to put out a fire, according to the police.

An elderly woman managed to escape over the roof, but there is as yet no confirmation whether anyone else was inside the building.

More soon.

 

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