Roof partially collapses at Dutch football stadium during high winds

Dutch top-flight team AZ Alkmaar were not playing at the time of the collapse and no one was injured.

Image: The partially collapsed roof came down during strong winds

Part of the roof has collapsed at Dutch club AZ Alkmaar's stadium while strong winds buffeted the area.
Photographs showed that a section of the roof on one side of the 17,000-capacity AFAS Stadium fell on to seating below.

AZ Alkmaar were not playing at the time and nobody was injured.
The Dutch Eredivisie club's general manager Robert Eenhorn said at a news conference: "This surprised us all. We are very shocked but especially happy that there was no human suffering.
"In the coming days we will conduct a study with experts in this field. Only when that investigation has been done can we elaborate on the matter. It is much too early for that now."

Image: AZ Alkmaar were not playing when the roof fell

The stadium was officially opened for a friendly against Arsenal in August 2006.

The club's next home game is a Europa League third-round qualifier against Ukraine's FC Mariupol on Thursday.
But Eenhorn was not able to confirm if the match would proceed as planned.
He said: "No matches will be played in the stadium if the situation is not safe."