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A 37-year-old man from Paola suffered burns while trying to put out a car fire in Santa Luċija on Tuesday afternoon.
The police said the incident happened in Triq il-Kunsill tal-Ewropa at 2.15pm.
They said the car, a Toyota Yaris, was stationary when it caught fire.
It is not clear whether the injured man was the owner of the car or a third party.
After he was treated by a medical team on site, the man was taken to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance, where his condition was established to be of a grievous nature.
The police are investigating.