Overview
- Structural engineers report no safety concerns with the roof or other primary elements, allowing inspectors and specialists to enter for cleanup work.
- Interior damage is extensive, with displaced walls, blown-out doors, shattered glass, cracked concrete block walls, damaged gas lines, and harm to parts of the arena roof.
- The facility remains closed with no reopening timeline as crews prepare debris removal and asbestos abatement.
- The on-site ammonia refrigeration system was not damaged and is being safely removed after earlier isolation during the emergency response.
- No injuries were reported after a swift evacuation, and multiple probes are underway by a third-party fire investigator, the town’s insurer, and Occupational Health and Safety.