PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A fire burned Friday at a
minor league ballpark in western Michigan, sending heavy smoke high into
the air over an adjacent highway.
There were no immediate reports of injuries at the 10,000-seat Fifth Third Ballpark near Grand Rapids.
The fire, which was reported about 11 a.m., was burning 90 minutes later with smoke visible for miles.
Temperatures
were in the single digits as firefighting crews responded from a
handful of area agencies. No one was immediately available at the fire
department in Kent County’s Plainfield Township, the lead agency on the
fire, to provide information.
The Associated Press left phone and
email messages seeking information from officials at Fifth Third
Ballpark, which is the home of the West Michigan Whitecaps, the Class A
affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. The ballpark opened in 1994 as Old Kent
Park and changed to its current name in 2000.
The ballpark is
scheduled to be the site of the 50th Midwest League All-Star Game in
June. The 2014 game would be the third All-Star Game the Whitecaps have
hosted in their 20-year history (1995, 2003).
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A fire burned Friday at a
minor league ballpark in western Michigan, sending heavy smoke high into
the air over an adjacent highway.
There were no immediate reports of injuries at the 10,000-seat Fifth Third Ballpark near Grand Rapids.
The fire, which was reported about 11 a.m., was burning 90 minutes later with smoke visible for miles.
Temperatures
were in the single digits as firefighting crews responded from a
handful of area agencies. No one was immediately available at the fire
department in Kent County’s Plainfield Township, the lead agency on the
fire, to provide information.
The Associated Press left phone and
email messages seeking information from officials at Fifth Third
Ballpark, which is the home of the West Michigan Whitecaps, the Class A
affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. The ballpark opened in 1994 as Old Kent
Park and changed to its current name in 2000.
The ballpark is
scheduled to be the site of the 50th Midwest League All-Star Game in
June. The 2014 game would be the third All-Star Game the Whitecaps have
hosted in their 20-year history (1995, 2003).
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.
