Women's World Cup: New Zealand pulled out due to fire

Football Ferns had to leave their hotel overnight after some players were spotted smoking on their way out

The New Zealand National Team Who is participating? Women's World Cup was was expelled Saturday night at a downtown hotel, after several explosions fire The little ones.

New Zealand police have charged a 34-year-old man with robbery and arson. He said the man would appear in Auckland District Court on Monday.

It is not known if this case is related to the investigation the world.

This is the second security incident in three days World CupOn the morning of the first day of the tournament, there were shootings near the hotels of some of the teams.

Football FernsThe New Zealanders, as they are known, were evicted from the Pullman Hotel around 7:45pm local time on Saturday. fire. The team said all players are safe.

Defender C.J. Pott said some of the players were getting smoke when they left. However, they all safely left the property and spent a few hours at a nearby restaurant.

“Yes, there was some smoke in one of the emergency exits, but most of us went down the other exit and we got out of the building safely,” Budd added.

Four people were treated for smoke inhalation, according to the newspaper New Zealand Herald. Many fire There were minor incidents at the hotel, which the authorities treated as suspicious.

“We had good defense, they gave us the right instructions and we all handled it well,” forward Gabi Rennie said Sunday. “I think our team is very good at overcoming adversity, so this is another test.”

New Zealand is co-presenter Women's World Cup Along with Australia. Two people were killed when a man opened fire at a construction site in the city center on the morning of the opening match at Auckland's Eden Park.

The assailant was killed in a shootout with the police. Five people were injured.

A minute's silence was held for the victims before New Zealand's 1-0 win over Norway.