A fire broke out at Empower Field at Mile High Stadium on Thursday as a fire swept through seats.
The Denver Fire Department responded to the stadium at about 2:15 p.m. and was able to extinguish the fire.
The fire affected the suite area and the third-level seating area, according to the fire department.
Luckily, no one was injured.
Here’s what the stadium tweeted:
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
Social media was flooded with videos and pictures of the smoke-filled stadium. The Denver Broncos just signed Russell Wilson as their quarterback and some fans had some fun with it.
Uhhhhhh this was not the 🔥 I was hoping Russell Wilson would bring to the Broncos stadium pic.twitter.com/ELZa2Y7fXJ
— ThatsGoodSports (@BrandonPerna) March 24, 2022
