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.
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.
This indicates an accidental start, with the detail that the blaze took place in a construction area already known. Ultimately, the fire burned a large area of ...
A large crew from the Denver Fire Department responded and the blaze was put out in about 45 minutes. Sparks lit seats on fire, which started burning upward. Less than a day after a blaze sparked at the Denver Broncos' Mile High Stadium, details about what caused the fire are coming out.
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A fire that broke out inside Empower Field at Mile High on Thursday has been deemed accidental, according to the Denver Fire Department.
At about 2:15 p.m. Thursday, firefighters responded to a fire that started in a construction zone near the East Club Lounge. The fire quickly burned through a seating area and smoke streaming out of the stadium was visible along Interstate 25 and widespread parts of Denver. There were no injuries in the fire. An investigation into the fire is ongoing, but the cause is deemed accidental, said Capt. Greg Pixley, a fire department spokesman. A fire that broke out inside Empower Field at Mile High on Thursday has been deemed accidental, according to the Denver Fire Department.
The Denver Fire Department announced Friday that the fire at Empower Field at Mile High was accidentally started.
Black smoke could be seen at Empower Field while a fire burned seats in the Mile High Stadium on Thursday afternoon.
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 (CelebrityAccess) -- Firefighters were called to Empower Field at Mile High Stadium to extinguish a blaze in the upper seating area of the stadium.
At least 100 people were attending an event on the stadium’s second level at the time of the fire but there were no reported injuries. In a statement posted to Twitter, Stadium officials said the damage occurred in a construction area near the East Club Lounge and was quickly brought under control by emergency responders. According to the Associated Press, the fire broke out just after 2 p.m. and spread to the third level where it burned at least six rows of seats in two sections.