Fire at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium brought under control

There was a scare at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday when Real Madrid's famous old ground caught fire. Luckily, it was nothing more than a scare, though, despite the smoke seen rising from the stadium.

Firefighters were quickly called to the scene to and the fire was quickly and effectively dealt with and Marca are reporting that there was no serious damage or injuries to the Bernabeu.

For now, the source of the fire at Madrid's home remains unknown.

Madrid have not played at the Bernabeu in over a year as work is undertaken to refurbish the stadium. They took advantage of the coronavirus pandemic, and the fact games were played without fans, to accelerate the work.

In the meantime, they have been playing at their Valdebebas training ground at the Alfredo Di Stefano stadium.

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