Fires at two locations destroy six garbage trucks overnight
Police are investigating a possible arson attack which saw half a dozen garbage trucks destroyed by fires in Mtarfa and Manikata last night
30 March 2024, 2:25pm
Matthew Agius
Matthew Agius
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CPD officers putting out one of the burning trucks
Arson is understood to be one of the possibilities being investigated by the police after six garbage trucks were gutted by fire in two separate incidents, early on Saturday morning.
The authorities responded to the first reported fire in Triq Alessi, Mtarfa, at around 12:30, finding two garbage trucks ablaze. Just over two hours after that fire was put out by the Civil Protection Department, they received another report of vehicles on fire in Manikata.
Officers found four garbage trucks that had been parked in Triq il-Mellieha consumed by flames, which were later also extinguished by the CPD.
None of the incidents led to injuries.
Matthew Agius was Senior Reporter on Law and Court Affairs at MaltaToday from 2014 to 2024...
