A boat berthed at Marsa has caught fire, police said.
Nobody is injured and firefighters went on site to put out the blaze.
A thick plume of black smoke was seen from various part of Malta.
The accident was reported at about 6pm.
In a post on Facebook (with a photo of the boat on fire), Home Minister Byron Camilleri said that the fire developed in a private shipyard/
He suggested that people in the vicinity keep their windows closed.

