The “small electric fire” interrupted the game for 70 minutes as the crews tried to stand out. Ticket holders were ordered to leave the arena with 4:05 remaining for the first half and the Raptors rising 66-38. Raptors vs. Update Pacers. pic.twitter.com/bzlbvHly17 – Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) March 27, 2022 The story goes on under the ad Raj Bath, a 34-year-old Raptors fan from British Columbia, flew from Vancouver to watch the team play with his father and brother. The family sat in the yard and watched the fire start. View from the Raj Bath seats at the Toronto Raptors race on March 26 before being evacuated due to the ignition of a speaker. Provided by Raj Bath A video showed a speaker burning above Section 103 at the eastern end of the arena. Trending Stories
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“You could smell the smoke,” Bath said. The first sign that something was wrong was late in the first quarter when the fans in the upper bowl of the east stand noticed smoke. Speaker Herbie Kuhn was instructed to turn off his microphone for security reasons for several minutes. The system was heard to be tested several times late in the second quarter, but the main speakers above the stands did not appear to be working. The story goes on under the ad Initially, only sections in the lower basin of the area were evacuated by firefighters. “First, they cleared the area under the fire, just behind the basket the Pacers fired,” Bath said. “We saw fire crews attend and we thought that was the end of the matter.” Eventually, however, Kuhn announced the evacuation order for the Toronto Fire Department.
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The fans strongly disapproved. Bath and his family waited in the arena, hoping they would let them in, but they never did. “It was a mess I did not return,” Bath said. “I felt like a lot of the trip was lost as my dad is a big fan of the Raptors and we brought him here for that.” A firefighter with a leash hung from the arena roof with a fire extinguisher before the fight continued, ensuring that the annoying speaker fire was no longer a danger. After the players returned to the field, they were given a warm-up 10 minutes before the end of the first half. The half time was reduced to seven and a half minutes. In the end, Pascal Shiakam had 23 points, while Scotty Barnes added 19 and the Raptors crushed the Pacers 131-91. The story goes on under the ad With files from Global Irelyne Lavery © 2022 The Canadian Press
