Snooker champion Jimmy White's house on fire

Snooker legend Jimmy White has said he lost everything after a fire at his Epsom home yesterday

Snooker legend Jimmy White has said he lost everything after a fire at his Epsom home yesterday.

The former Masters and UK Championship winner, and six-time World Championship runner-up, posted a picture on Twitter of smoke coming from the building where he has a flat. He wrote: “Fire at my flat this morning. Everything gone. Gutted.

Jimmy White posted the picture on Twitter yesterday

Cue was in car and most importantly no one hurt.” White, 54, is due to play in the German Masters this week. Despite the damage to his home, White was travelling out to Germany for the tournament.

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