Malta – Iconic Floriana feast structure destroyed by fire
Fire tore through a Floriana street early on Saturday morning, burning down a triumphal arch used for its yearly feast and extensively damaging four parked cars in the process. The fire on Triq San Tumas was reported to the police at around 1.30am, with officers and Civil Protection Department firefighters reaching the scene shortly afterwards. It took them around 90 minutes to put out the roaring flames, and by then the arch, which is a fixture at the feast of St Publius, had been burnt.
The wooden arch, which dated back to 1899, was to take a central stage in next week’s celebration of the patron saint of Floriana.
The fire inn Triq San Tumas was reported at 1.30am, with firefioghters controlling the blaze by 3pm, but not before the arch was destroyed.
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