DENVER (KDVR) — A fire at Empower Discipline at Mile Large Stadium destroyed quite a few sections of seats Thursday afternoon.
About 75 firefighters responded to the blaze among the time the initially 911 connect with was taken at 2:15 p.m. and the time it was considered below control at 3 p.m.
In accordance to Denver Hearth Capt. Greg Pixley, the hearth seemed to originate from a fourth-stage suite and spread to the seats below it on the 3rd level. Smoke interrupted an celebration on the next flooring, but there are no reports of any injuries.
In total, the fire lined about 1,000 square toes of area, but the sprinkler program in the creating was doing work and helped prevent its distribute and extinguish the flames.
Hearth investigators are now commencing their do the job to figure out what the result in was. Pixley stated wind may have assisted distribute the flames, but which is also element of the investigation.
The seats are built of a petroleum compound that triggers significant warmth, but what impression that experienced on the unfold of the fireplace is also under investigation.
Investigators are also hunting to see if there is any important harm that could effects the structural basic safety of the stadium.