Ghaxaq pensioner injured in fireworks incident

A fireworks explosion in an alley at Wenzu Dalli Street, Ghaxaq, left a pensioner suffering from grievous injuries.

The police were informed by the health authorities that at around 12.15pm, an ambulance was dispatched to an address in Ghaxaq and a 69-year-old man was being treated at Mater Dei Hospital.

Preliminary investigations lead the police to believe that the man was injured when a small-sized firework, known as Berqa, exploded in his vicinity.

The man who resides in Ghaxaq is not in danger of loss of life.