The New York Stadium had to be evacuated shortly after Coventry City’s Championship defeat at Rotherham United on Wednesday evening.
The Sky Blues were beaten 2-0 by the Millers in Yorkshire. Lee Peltier glanced in shortly after the interval and then Ollie Rathbone lashed home in stoppage time to give the Millers’ just their second league win of the season.
Not long after the final whistle, a fire alarm sounded inside the ground. Anyone still in the venue was subsequently asked to leave immediately.
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Rotherham said in a statement posted on social media: “The club are currently investigating an incident which has triggered the fire alarm system in the Ben Bennett Family Stand and have evacuated the stadium until the cause of the alarm has been determined.”
Soon afterwards, though, the Millers followed that up with a fresh update: “The investigation has now been completed with the assistance of South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue and the stadium is now returning to normal operation.”Rotherham said in a statement posted on social media: “The club are currently investigating an incident which has triggered the fire alarm system in the Ben Bennett Family Stand and have evacuated the stadium until the cause of the alarm has been determined.”Soon afterwards, though, the Millers followed that up with a fresh update: “The investigation has now been completed with the assistance of South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue and the stadium is now returning to normal operation.”
