Sunderland fire will not halt game

SUNDERLAND’S crucial Cham-pionship clash with Burnleytomorrow night goes aheaddespite a fire at the Stadium of Light yesterday.

Sunderland fire will not halt game

Eleven emergency crews headed to the ground after the alarm was triggered at 6.10am. Firefighters, six wearing breathing equipment, fought the blaze which destroyed the director’s suite in the West Stand.

It is understood an electrical fault in the bar sparked the blaze, with damage estimated at tens ofthousands of pounds.

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