Update 2 - Flames destroy workshop, five cars in Marsa

Update 2 - Adds video, details - A fierce fire caused extensive damage to a panel beater's workshop and destroyed five cars in Albertown, Marsa, this morning. The blaze, in Triq ix-Xwieni, was reported at about 8.30 a.m. People on the scene reported hearing a number of small explosions from the cars inside the property.  No one was injured. The police said that according to preliminary investigations, the owner, a 37-year-old mechanic and panel beaterfrom San Ġwann, had been welding before walking to another garage across the street to talk to a colleague. Attempts to control the flames using a fire extinguisher were futile. The fire was put out by the fire brigade of the Civil Protection Department.