Birmingham City’s training ground suffers ‘severe fire’

Birmingham City Football Club have confirmed its training ground has “suffered damage” in a fire as a result of an electrical fault. 

Wast Hills Training Ground in Alvechurch was attended by Hereford and Worcester Fire Service in the early hours of Friday 3 March to a “severe fire” on the ground floor of a single storey unit.

No one was injured and staff and players were told that the facility will be closed until further notice.

The Club said on Friday it, “will continue to liaise with the emergency services and will make no further comment at this time”.

A Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “Two crews from both Redditch and Bromsgrove Fire Stations attended along with the aerial ladder platform from Worcester and the incident command unit from Wyre Forest as well as West Midlands Fire Service crews from Kings Norton, Northfield and Highgate.

“By 6.06am, crews were damping down and checking for hotspots with a fire investigation underway.

“Firefighters remained at the scene at 8.34am with a watching brief in progress using a thermal image camera and triple extension ladder”.

“At 11.43am, the incident was left with the fire investigation team. The building was re-inspected at around 3pm.

“The fire investigation is now complete and we have deemed the cause to be accidental linked to an electrical fault”.