Television gantry engulfed in flames next to pitch and dugoutsBlack marks on touchline and part of artificial pitch after fireAndorra have said their
World Cup qualifier at home to
England will go ahead as scheduled after a
fire at the Estadi Nacional. The television gantry at the side of the 3,300-seat stadium was engulfed in flames on Friday afternoon, three hours after England had trained there.
Sprinklers were used to try to get the blaze under control before firefighters arrived and put out the flames. Photographs showed black marks left on the artificial pitch and beside the dugouts, and the smell from the fire reached the England team hotel.