Overview
- Fire crews from the Lafayette Fire Department responded to a blaze at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field at Russo Park and quickly extinguished the flames.
- University officials identified an advertising billboard near the scoreboard as the location where the fire began.
- The Lafayette Fire Department reported that sparks from construction equipment may have ignited pine needles that spread to a fence and the old scoreboard.
- No injuries were reported and responders limited immediate harm while investigators continue to assess the full extent of damage.
- The stadium had been the focus of planned offseason construction and the investigation will determine whether repairs will delay or alter those plans.