A man was treated for smoke inhalation on Tuesday after a blaze in his apartment in Triq Meltinone Scerri, Hamrun.

The fire broke out in the early afternoon in the flat, part of a block of social housing. It was extinguished by fire-fighters of the Civil Protection Department.

The Social Housing Department said alternative accommodation had been offered to the tenants. 

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