The heat from the Riders-Stamps rivalry was too much for Mosaic Stadium’s Maxtron to handle at Friday night’s game.
The scoreboard caught fire just after they set off the opening game fireworks.
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The fire department says the pyrotechnics box overheated when they set off the opening light show.
The fire only burned for a few minutes before it was extinguished by city facility operators.
They turned off the Maxtron as a precaution, but it was all clear. The game wasn’t delayed, and there was no damage to the scoreboard.
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