Electricity surge fries residents’ appliances

Apartment block residents in Tarxien have suffered thousands of euros worth of damage after a power surge fried appliances and equipment. The surge on Thursday affected around 28 families living on Luqa Road, with refrigerators, air conditioning units, radios, chargers and adapters among the damaged items. Marilou Mitrovic painfully made her way to the kitchen where a group of neighbours had gathered to vent their frustration. The 35-year-old suffered a muscle spasm when she discovered the extent of the damage.Two television sets, a satellite receiver, two cable TV receivers, a printer, monitor, computer and a cordless telephone were all useless. “It was a shock – within a matter of minutes I lost around €1,600 worth of equipment,” she told The Sunday Times of Malta, as her neighbours echoed her sentiment. The power cut occurred on Thursday at around 4pm. Ms Mitrovic was out with her two children when electricity returned at 9pm. Her Serbian husband, Bojan, who was at home, said: “The bulbs shone very brightly for five minutes then switched off again. A burning smell permeated the house. “Even the light on our bathroom heater, which had been damaged before the surge, suddenly lit...