Broncos' stadium fire

In this photo provided by the Denver Fire Department, firefighters battle flames at Empower Field at Mile High stadium in Denver, Thursday, March 24, 2022.

It appears to have been partially suppressed by a sprinkler system in a suite before spreading to stadium seating and burning six rows in two sections. “This type of plastic that the seats are composed of burns with not only significant ferocity, very large flames, but also produces a tremendous amount of black smoke,” said Capt. Greg Pixley, spokesman for the Denver Fire Department. A fire that started in an NFL stadium suite spread to plastic seats that burned with “significant ferocity,” sending black smoke into the sky on Thursday, The Associated Press reports.

Firefighters said they were still working to determine the cause of the blaze, but it began in a construction area.

The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL). Firefighters said they were still working to determine the cause of the blaze, but it began in a construction area, according to the stadium’s Twitter account. Firefighters quickly contained the blaze in the 300 level of Empower Field at Mile High, the Denver Fire Department said in a series of tweets.

A fire burned seats near suites at Denver's Empower Field at Mile High Stadium on Thursday afternoon.

Fire officials say a blaze sparked in a suite and later spread to nearby stadium seats at the Colorado Bronco's Empower Field at Mile High.

A person taking a tour of the Denver Broncos stadium helpfully noted that a fire had broken out on the seats in the stands. Here are photos, video of the ...

“About 100 people were attending an event on the second level, but the stadium was otherwise empty,” CBS4 said. No, they didn’t meet any star players or heroes from the past. A visitor to Broncos’ stadium helpfully noted to team employee the stands were on fire

DENVER | Firefighters extinguished a blaze that torched several rows of seats and a suite area at the Denver Broncos' stadium on Thursday.

So our firefighters brought a number of heavy pieces of hose and equipment, saws and the like, to be able to help them extinguish this fire,” Pixley said Thursday. … Any time that you have a fire on an upper level, you’re going to have to move a great deal of equipment to that environment. Firefighters quickly brought the blaze under control but were trying to determine if it had spread to other areas of the football stadium, which seats 76,125 people.