A fire started at the Texas Tech practice facility at Jones AT&T Stadium around 5:30 PM on Wednesday afternoon. The fire was contained as of early Wednesday evening, but it set up a nerve-wracking few hours in Lubbock.
Texas Tech released a statement on Wednesday saying, “Late this afternoon a fire was reported at the construction site of the Sports Performance Center south of Jones AT&T Stadium. No injuries were reported and the small fire was contained. At this time, the cause and extent of damage is unknown. We will update once an investigation is completed.”
The cause of the fire at the Texas Tech practice facility is not yet known.
Good news to hear everyone is OK and things are under control on campus. Below are some of the top pictures and videos folks have shared on Twitter of the fire at Jones AT&T stadium.
#TTU #fire looks like it’s at the construction site. Avoid University and Marsha Sharp intersection #wreckem stay safe pic.twitter.com/xGVs22P9LS
— Santiago DeLeon (@uncle_sanch) March 22, 2017
Some people went with the sense of humor… and since everything turned out to be OK, I admit I got a bit of a chuckle out of this. And for the record, I hope Chris is wrong about this!
Well there’s a good indication of what our 2017 football season will look like. #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/lgAg5rUE4t
— Chris Patschke (@Crispypatches) March 22, 2017
The Jones is lit #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/PoQ71GOaOb
— Jax Isclaw Ŧ (@isclaw_j) March 22, 2017
Fire near the student entrance at the football stadium, hope everyone got out ok! #TTU @TexasTech pic.twitter.com/iGK56sa4Mb
— Matt Saldaña (@mgsaldana) March 22, 2017
Fire near Texas Tech new sports facility. KAMC News with details coming up! pic.twitter.com/F7rYSTmwC5
— Ron Roberts (@rrobertswxlab) March 22, 2017
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