Firefighters responded within minutes to put out the fire. A ladder was raised the top of the scoreboard to spray water directly on the burning area. (Video).
Meteorologist Josh Poland was serving as an announcer for the game when the fire started. He said since the sound system was burning, it presented problems to try to inform the crowd about the need to evacuate.
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"At that time, they wanted us to announce to the people in the stadium that they needed to exit that area, but it was the speakers that had been on fire. And the speaker system was down, so we couldn't make that announcement," Poland said. There were no injuries.
Many thanks John K!
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