Fireworks ignite several fires

The Malta Fireworks Festival this year featured displays at Marsaxlokk and Ghajn Tuffieha. The display at Ghajn Tuffieha yesterday attracted hundreds of people. (Picture above by Charles Paul Azzopardi) The display ignited several small fires in the surrounding countryside as the picture below by Marc Casolani shows. No one was injured. A spokesman for the organisers - the Malta Tourism Authority - said precautions had been taken and fire engines were on the scene throughout the show, ensuring that fires were quickly extinguished. The festival ends with a display over Grand Harbour tomorrow from 9 p.m.