College/University (on campus) Fayetteville, AR – Fire at University of Arkansas basketball arena contained with help from sprinkler system February 7, 2016 viking210 The Fayetteville Fire Department was called to put out a small fire in a suite at Bud Walton Arena prior to Saturday’s game between Arkansas and Tennessee. The fire caused the sprinkler system to douse seats in the northeast corner, in sections 122-126. Sources said the suite was one used by the family of Arkansas head coach Mike Anderson. Eyewitnesses said they saw smoke and smelled burning in one of the suites. A spokesman from Landmark, the company which the UA employs for security, said the situation is under control, but they are cleaning the areas affected by the water from the sprinklers. Fans in the affected sections were not allowed in their seats until just minutes before tip-off and the lights were left on during the pregame so the clean-up could continue. No comment was immediately available from the fire department or UA.
