Floodlight catches fire at the SBNCS

A floodlight in the eastern gallery of Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in Mirpur caught fire, leaving national team’s practice session halted for two minutes.

No accident however occurred due to the incident.

The players moved away from that side of the ground following the incident.

According to BCB Ground Committee Manager Abdul Baten, the fire resulted from an electric short circuit.

“Floodlight of the eastern gallery caught fire due to short circuit.

No accident occurred.

We are working on fixing the problems.

The floodlight does not require to be changed,” he told the reporters on Monday.

The floodlights were turned on due to today’s overcast condition.