Reds Investigating Friday Night's Ballpark Fire; No Injuries Reported

The Reds "continue to assess and investigate the fire that broke out Friday night in one of the PNC Power Stacks at Great American Ball Park, and the team hopes the feature is operational again by the next homestand." The fire "began in the sixth inning of the Reds-Giants game." Play continued while the fire burned, with the Cincinnati Fire Department "extinguishing the blaze after several minutes." There were "no injuries reported." Fans were "evacuated briefly from the area beneath the stacks in right-center field." Reds VP/Ballpark Operations Tim O'Connell said the evacuation occurred "mainly because firefighters did not want spectators sprayed with water from the fire hoses" (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 5/17).