Updated Wednesday 7.40am

Residents of the Solana Hotel in Mellieħa were evacuated last night after a fire broke out at a nearby Enemalta sub-station. 

A police spokesman said no one was injured and the evacuation was ordered as a precaution.   

The evacuation was led by the hotel management assisted by Civil Protection officers and the police.

Firefighters extinguished the blaze.

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