Rangers Urge Investigation After Golden Bay Explosion, Fire

The Malta Ranger Unit took to social media to report an instance of alleged arson and an explosion in Golden Bay, which likely took place through the use of a homemade bottle bomb.

‘Our Rangers were on site swiftly and secured certain items which indicates that a homemade “bottle bomb” seemingly caused the explosion seen in this video’, they reported.

‘We urge the Authorities and ERA – Environment & Resources Authority to investigate this matter throughout by obtaining the CCTV present in the area. The offenders started a fire in a Natura2000 area with a packed beach below.’

‘We were told by people at the beach that some other people filmed the offenders. Please come forward and send any footage you may have of these two individuals to the Malta Police.’

‘They ran off at 17:09 hrs on Saturday near the old Gaia Foundation building, nowadays Ambjent Malta. One person wearing white T-shirt and the other one dressed in black.’

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