“At first we all stopped working and left the room.
“They're obviously putting the finishing touches to the stadium now and it's already behind so this won't help.”
It comes just days after Tottenham announced the opening of the new stadium has been put back until October after issues with the ground's safety system were identified.
The chief executive of Mace, the stadium’s building contractor, Mark Reynolds admitted that problems with the fire detection systems had been discovered during testing.
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Water flooded on live electrical panels and wiring (Image: TRIANGLE NEWS)
It took at least 45 minutes before the leak was stopped (Image: TRIANGLE NEWS)
“Issues with critical safety systems were identified,” he said.
“This is linked to the fire detection contractor encountering higher than usual electrical wiring faults.”
Tottenham will continue to play their home matches at Wembley until the stadium is finished and deemed safe to open.