Kirkop fireworks factory to be rebuilt using government emergency funds

The government will be using contingency funds for NGOs to help rebuild the Kirkop fireworks factory that exploded last November, killing one man and injuring two others, Parliamentary Secretary Julia Farrugia Portelli announced on Wednesday. She said on Facebook that the government was helping rebuild the San Ġużepp fireworks factory through emergency funds managed by the Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector. Sources said the factory management will be given €10,000 from the contingency funds to clear the mess left behind when the factory exploded on November 26. The funds were allocated after the fireworks club filed an application. The San Ġużepp fireworks factory on Triq Ħal Far was party destroyed after it was rocked by a series of explosions on November 26 at around 7am. Leonard Camilleri, 64, a keen fireworks enthusiast who also served as the factory’s licensee for several years, was killed in the explosion. He had quit that role some years back and was less involved in the factory’s work in the past years. But his passion drew him back to the fold, and he had recently begun lending a hand again. Camilleri was well aware of the risks working at a fireworks factory...