Reports that a fireworks factory in Ghaxaq had exploded turned out to be just an experiment gone wrong, the police confirmed to The Malta Independent.

The police received information about a fireworks factory explosion in Ghaxaq at 4.15 pm, but from their investigations it turned out that it was not the case.

The explosion was said to have taken place on Triq Qattus. But it turned out that the "explosion" was simply a petard that went off when an experiment was taking place.

Nobody was hurt.

Earlier this week, a fireworkd factory in Ghaxaq was damaged in an explosion that took place during the night.