Mile High Stadium Caught on Fire
By Liam McKeone
Empower Field at Mile High, home of the Denver Broncos, caught on fire on Thursday. It is unclear how the fire started but video shows smoke billowing out of the stadium and pictures revealed that the third level of seats and the suite area appeared to catch aflame.
Video of fire at Mile High Stadium. pic.twitter.com/H9hnV2qq4d
— Rod Mackey (@Rod9sports) March 24, 2022
NEW: We are working to learn more about a fire at Mile High Stadium. We will post a story as soon as we have more information.
— Denver7 News (@DenverChannel) March 24, 2022
(? : David Healy) pic.twitter.com/hVv9CzgZMc
BREAKING ? Fire broke out at Empower Field at Mile High stadium in Denver, Colorado pic.twitter.com/3gRYfKi3Wh
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) March 24, 2022
The fire was brought under control fairly quickly by the firefighting crew that arrived on the scene.
#DenverFireDepartment crews are extinguishing a fire at Mile high stadium, 1701 Bryant. Unknown cause at this time, but fire affected has affected the suite are and the third level seating area. pic.twitter.com/vjnLaQg55X
— Denver Fire Department (@Denver_Fire) March 24, 2022
Fire now under control at Mile high Stadium. Sprinklers attempted to stop the fire, but firefighters were needed to complete extinguishment. Heavy fire & smoke was found on our arrival media briefing to take place at 3:00 p.m. on east side of stadium. @DenSafetyDept @CityofDenver pic.twitter.com/7AjPg1x1AN
— Denver Fire Department (@Denver_Fire) March 24, 2022
Insane stuff, and once again we wonder how it is possible for concrete to catch on fire like this so often. The Superdome had a problem with fire and so did the Florida Gators' stadium.
Thankfully, just as with those two incidents, nobody was injured at Mile High. A statement from the official Twitter account:
A small fire that occurred in a construction zone near the East Club Lounge at Empower Field at Mile High has been contained by @Denver_Fire.
— Empower Field at Mile High (@EmpowerField) March 24, 2022
That area of the stadium was quickly evacuated as a precaution and there were no injuries sustained.