Shocking footage on social media appearing to show a large blaze at Watford’s training ground has been slammed as a hoax. Images circulated on Saturday evening which appeared to show the Hornets’ training facility, near St Albans, with flames and smoke billowing from its roof. However, when a member of staff went to inspect the futuristic dome, they found there was no fire.
Shortly after the images began to circulate on X (formerly Twitter), the maintenance manager and his wife posted a video showing there was no blaze. The woman said: “Okay, right, we live on Watford’s training ground because my husband – there he is – is the maintenance manager.
“In no shape or form was the dome ever on fire. For one, if it was, it would have collapsed. And now we’re going to go inside and show you the dome is not on fire. So well done to whoever posted the fake post with the fake flames.
“A waste of resources, the [fire] engines, two of them coming out when they could have gone somewhere more important, and my husband and I have had to come out and see what is going on.”
The couple went on to enter the dome, gaining access with a key the man used to open the door of the facility. The dimly-lit interior looked completely intact with no sign of flames or fire damage at any part of the structure.
The woman added: “Okay, we are now inside the dome and there are no flames here. I can’t see any. If it was on fire, it would have collapsed, so I’m thinking somebody posted it as a joke.”
Express Sport have reached out to Watford for comment.
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