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Wolves stadium suffers 'significant damage' after devastating overnight blaze

Wolves are assessing the damage to their stadium after a fire broke out on Saturday night

Wolves are currently assessing the damage caused to the Molineux Stadium last night after a fire broke out in their hospitality facilities.

A fire broke out in the hospitality facilities of the Molineux stadium last night, leaving the ground with "significant damage".

Thankfully, the fire service has since stated that no one was hurt in the fire, which was first spotted by security staff at 1:56 am.

The blaze started in the Sir Jack Hayward Suite bar area of the Billy Wright Stand.

Wolves were in action in the Premier League yesterday, but were away at Brentford. The West Midlands fire service have added that they believe the cause of the fire was accidental, started by an electrical appliance.

Andy Howard, the watch manager at Wolverhampton fire station, commented on the situation.
"There's been a fire in the bar area. It was contained to the room of origin but the bar area and part of the workspace was involved in fire. Otherwise it was just smoke damage to the rest of the floor."
The club's facilities, safety and security director, Steve Sutton, also released a statement.
"Thank you to the quick and excellent work of West Midlands Fire Service for their prompt assistance in tackling the flames and getting the fire under control as quickly as possible.
"It will take some days to fully assess the damage that has been caused, however it is quite significant and will take some time to repair.

Wolves' next home game is scheduled for February 5, against Norwich in the FA Cup fifth round.

However, Sutton confirmed that any supporters affected by the fire damage will be contacted prior to kick-off.
"Any supporter packages affected for the next game will be communicated by the relevant departments over the coming days."
He added, "The most important thing of course, is that no one was present at the time, apart from our 24-hour security team, and no one was hurt.
"We apologise to residents in the area for the very loud alarms that went off late into the night, but hope they understand their necessity at such a critical time."

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