Jamie Vardy's gym at £2.5m mansion catches FIRE causing "severe damage"

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy lives with his partner Rebekah and children, but firefighters were forced to respond after an outbuilding was reported to be on fire.

Local firefighters were called to tackle a blaze in an outbuilding of Jamie Vardy's plush Lincolnshire mansion on Thursday afternoon.

The fire, which originated from the Leicester City striker's outdoor gym at 3.20pm was put out by Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service, but not before "severe damage" was sustained. Thankfully, no one was hurt in the incident.

A statement from the local fire service told LincolnshireLive: " Firefighters were called to reports of an outbuilding on fire at 3.20pm on January 19.

"The fire resulted in severe damage to 90 per cent of a wooden outbuilding being used as a gym and the equipment. Crews used four breathing apparatus, one hose reel and one thermal imaging camera to extinguish the fire."

It has also been confirmed that the source of the fire was an electrical fault.

The Vardys live in a Grade II-listed building, worth a reported £2.5million, in a small village around 30 minutes away from Leicester.

Rebekah paid tribute to the responding fire fighters, posting on social media: "Every cloud and all that. Thankfully no one was hurt…. Buildings and contents are replaceable and the kiddies enjoyed the fire engines. Thank you for being so brilliant @lincolnshirefirerescue."