Real Madrid's under-construction Estadio Santiago Bernabeu catches fire on Wednesday.
Real Madrid's iconic Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, which was under construction off late, had a mishap as a small fire broke out at the stadium on Wednesday afternoon. As per Spanish sports daily, Marca, the smoke was spotted rising from one of the roofing colums that was being put in place.
The images and video from the incident quickly went viral on social media as recorded footage were shared by people living close to the stadium. The report further stated that firefighters reached the spot quickly to put down the fire.
Popular Spanish TV channel El Chiringuito also shared the video of the fire breakout.
As per Reuters, a piece of insulation material caught fire while construction works were on. It is yet to be known if any person was hurt in the incident.
Real Madrid are yet to play a match at the ground since the renovation work began back in 2019 after club president Florentino Perez announced a year prior that they were intending to turn the stadium into the best in the world.
It was later reported in March that Real aim to finish the construction work at the Bernabeu between September 2022 - January 2023.
The team have been playing all their matches at their B team -- Real Madrid Castilla -- stadium Alfredo di Stefano.
