Wimbledon Dilanda Kepanikan, Api Berkobar di Stadion Akibat Suhu Panas
Thousands of Tennis Fans are Evacuated after Fire Breaks out at Centre Court
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
RIBUAN penggemar tenis di Wimbledon terpaksa dievakuasi dan seorang wanita yang diusung keluar stadion dengan tandu keluar dari stadion tenis setelah muncul kobaran api di Centre Court lantaran ruang kontrol mesin ruang terlalu panas lantaran suhu meningkat.
Para penonton di Wimbledon meninggalkan meja makan saat makan malam ketika muncul kobaran api di All England Club di stadion yang berada barat daya London.
Seorang wanita diusung keluar dengan tandu bersama keluarganya dan tampaknya menderita cedera pada kaki kirinya.
Kepanikan terjadi setelah alarm berbunyi di The Wingfield Restaurant di depan Centre Court pada Rabu malam pukul 21:00 waktu setempat (Kamis dini hari).
Upacara penghormatan khas Wimbledon urung digelar setelah wasit dievakuasi sebelum alarm utama dibunyikan.
Mesin diperkirakan terlalu panas di ruang perawatan di stadion tersebut, menyebabkan gangguan listrik pada hari yang disebut sebagai saat terpanas di bulan Juli, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
THOUSANDS of tennis fans are evacuated and woman is stretchered out from Wimbledon after fire breaks out at Centre Court when maintenance room engine overheats on hottest day of the year
People abandon their dinner and drinks as fire beings at All England Club in south-west London.
One woman taken away on stretcher with her family and appeared to have injuries to her left leg.
Drama unfolded after alarm went off at The Wingfield Restaurant at front of Centre Court at 9pm.
Award ceremony for umpires was evacuated before the main alarm sounded across the grounds.
Engines are thought to have overheated in a maintenance room on the site, causing an electrical fault on what was the hottest July day on record.
