Updated January 3 with clarification from van driver

A white van burst into flames at a Swieqi petrol station early on Sunday. 

The accident happened at Triq Sant'Andrija at around 1am. 

The police said the driver of the LDV van is a 62-year-old Valletta resident.

According to reports made to the police, the driver parked the van at the petrol station after noticing smoke emerging from the vehicle. He stepped out of the van, which then burst into flames. 

However, the van driver told Times of Malta that he stopped the vehicle, and filled it with fuel. Two or three minutes later he noticed smoke and realised the van was on fire. 

He then called the emergency services, he said. 

No injuries were reported and Civil Protection Department officials extinguished the fire. 

Investigations are on going. 

 

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