General view of Kings Park Stadium during the 2016 Currie Cup Sharks Training Session at Kings Park Stadium, Durban South Africa on 06 September 2016 ©Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix
WATCH: Kings Park bursts into flames with fans inside the stadium
Kings Park staff reacted quickly to douse a blaze that broke out during the Sharks Challenge Cup match against Pau on Saturday night.
General view of Kings Park Stadium during the 2016 Currie Cup Sharks Training Session at Kings Park Stadium, Durban South Africa on 06 September 2016 ©Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix
A fire broke out with fans still in the stadium during the Sharks 45-5 win over Pau at Durban’s Kings Park on Saturday evening.
The blaze would be contained much to the relief of the patrons inside the ground and the Sharks organisation as a whole.
WATCH: Kings Park bursts into flames
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The mostly contained inferno, which sprung up on the southern stand of the 54 000-capacity arena, seemed to be electrical in nature, however there was no official confirmation of what caused it.
One social media video showed a stadium staff acting quickly, starting the extinguishing attempt nearly immediately.
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Sharks management originally acknowledged to Sport24 that the fire was out in minutes and thereafter issued a brief statement via its media Whatsapp group stating that there would be no drama in that respect.
Furthermore, the team stated that “thankfully” no injuries were sustained in what is primarily a vacant section of the stadium on various match days.
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The Sharks ran out comfortable winners in the match itself sending most of their fans home happy despite miserable conditions in Durban.
Teams
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Sharks: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Marnus Potgieter, 13 Lukhanyo Am (captain), 12 Francois Venter, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Curwin Bosch, 9 Grant Williams, 8 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 7 Phepsi Buthelezi, 6 James Venter, 5 Corne Rahl, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2 Kerron van Vuuren, 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 Daniel Jooste, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Hanro Jacobs, 19 Le Roux Roets, 20 Lappies Labuschagne, 21 Jaden Hendrikse, 22 Lionel Cronje, 23 Ethan Hooker
Section Paloise: 15 Thomas Carol, 14 Aminiasi Tuimaba, 13 Samuel Ezeala, 12 Jale Vatubua, 11 Gregoire Arfeuil, 10 Axel Desperes, 9 Thibault Daubagna, 8 Thibaut Hamonou, 7 Martin Puech, 6 Mehdi Tlili, 5 Fabrice Metz, 4 Guillaume Ducat, 3 Nicolas Corato, 2 Romain Ruffenach, 1 Paul Tailhades
Replacements: 16 Youri Delhommel, 17 Facundo Gigena, 18 Ziggy Fisi’ihoi, 19 Brent Liufau, 20 Josselin Bouhier, 21 Thomas Souverbie, 22 Thibault Debaes, 23 Nathan Decron
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi
Assistant referees: Christophe Ridley, Simon Harding
TMO: Ian Tempest
