Three people were injured after an explosion occurred on Friday morning in a scrap metal yard in Larnaca suburb of Aradippou, the police said.

The explosion took place at around 9.45am during a delivery of scrap metal to the yard.

According to the police, a 52-year-old man arrived at the yard in his vehicle to deliver the metal, but during the unloading, an explosion occurred.

That explosion injured him, another person delivering metal to the yard, and one man who was working there.

All three were taken to the Larnaca general hospital’s accident and emergency unit to receive treatment.

The police are investigating the cause of the explosion.