Burmarrad’s fields fell silent at 3:47 a.m. on Tuesday when the last tongue of flame was finally drowned by a chain of beaters, backpacks and brine. What began as a spark on a stone-wall edge at 22:30 the previous night turned into a five-hour pitched battle between 34 firefighters, Civil Protection volunteers and a wind…
Feast of Our Lady of Mellieħa: How One Tiny Shrine Unites an Entire Nation By Hot Malta staff MELLIEĻA – At 5:45 a.m. on 8 September the narrow road that snakes down to Il-Maqluba is already humming with flip-flops and rosary beads. By 6:00 a.m. the first firework sighs over the ridge and, as if…
**Watch: Fireworks linked to blaze that destroys buses but enthusiasts blame owner** A dawn inferno that gutted three tourist coaches in Qormi on Sunday has reignited Malta’s perennial fireworks debate, after amateur video showed a rocket streaking into the depot seconds before flames erupted. While investigators remain cautious, the footage—shared thousands of times by Monday…
