No one was injured when a gas tank exploded in a Żebbuġ apartment at around 2.15pm.
The explosion on Triq iż-Żebbuġa l-Bajda was heard from several streets away, but the police said no one was injured and no ambulance was called on site.
In January no one was injured in a similar explosion in Attard.
Last year a 48-year-old man was grievously injured in an explosion in Paola and another person was injured in a separate incident in Msida.