An explosion rocked a factory in Luqa industrial estate late on Thursday night, sparking flames which were put out by firefighters before they spread further. 

Police received reports of a fire at the site on Triq l-Ingiered at around midnight. Luqa residents reported hearing the rumble of an explosion.

Squad cars and Civil Protection Department personnel were dispatched to the site.
A police spokesman said that nobody was at the site at the time and that the flames were put out by firefighters without further incident. 

A police investigation is under way. 

An eyewitness shot video of the fire.

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