THAT’S THE GOOD NEWS. NICE WEATHER THE BAD NEWS RIGHT NOW. THIS BREAKING NEWS PART OF THE SUPEOMRDE ROOF IS ON FIRE. YOU CAN SEE A GROUND LEVEL RIGHT THERE. IT DEFINITYEL LOOKS LIKE IT’S NOT BILLOWING THE BLACK SMOKE THAT IT WAS JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO, BUT IT’S STILL SMOKY THAT’S WHITE AND GRAY SMOKE COMING FROM A PORTION OF THE ROOF RIGHT BY THE CLAYBORN AVENUE SIDE RIGHT ACROSS FMRO THE UMC FOOTPRINT AND THE UMC CAMPUS RIGHT THERE. WE DON’T KWNO HOW THIS STARTED OR IF ANYBODY WAS INJURED, BUT ITELL YOU THAT FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE MORNING THEY HAD ABOUT A DOZEN OR SO WORRSKE UP THERE CLEANING THE ROOF OF THE SUPERDOME. WE’VE ALL DRIVEN PAST IT. WE KNOW WHAT EDNEED TO BE CLEANED. EYTH ALSO HAVE THE NEW SIGNAGE UP THAT SAYS CAESAR’S SUPERDOME, BUT NONETHELESS, THERE IT IS RIGHT NOW. THAT’S A LIVE. LOOK, I BELIEVE THAT’S FROM THE DOWNTOWN SIDE LOONGKI OUT TOWARDS MID-CITY LOOKING OUT TOWARDS CENTRAL CITY AND METAIRIE AND JEFFERSON PARISH TOWARDS THE LAKE. UYO DON’T EVEN REALLY SEE SMOKE ANYMORE. SO IT DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE ATWHEVER HAPPENED. HAS BEEN CONTAINED LET’ TSAKE A LOOK AT A TWEET FROM NOLA READY RIGHT HERE. THERE IT IS. OUT COMING FROM THE SUPERDOME. YOU CAN SEE HOW THICK IT WAS. THIS IS REALLY ONLY ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO. THIS WAS HAPPENING. PROBABLY SOMETIME AROUND 12:15 12:30 THICK BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE ROOF OF THE SUPERDO.ME WE DON’T KNOW IF THE CLEANING LED TO THIS OF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT CALLED ON FIRE OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU CLEAN THE ROOF OF THE SUPERDOME, IT’S NOT LIKE JUST GETTING OUT SOME APSO AND WATER THEY USE HIGH HIGH END MACHINERY AND HIGH-END INDUSTRIAL CLEANERS, BUT IT’S THE EDGE THAT LIP RIGHT THERE OF THE SUPERDOME RIGHT ABOVE POYDR. WHER IT MEETS CLAIBORNE AVENUE? IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE SMOKE IS BILLOWING UP RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS IS JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. PROBABLY IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES. WE DO HAVE A CREW THERE YOU CAN SEE IT LOOKS LIKE THE SMOKE. STARTED TO GO AWAY STARTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER. WE ARE WAITING FOR A COMMENT FROM A SUPERDOME SPOKESPERSON OR FROM THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS OR BOTH FOR THAT MATTER. OBVIOUSLY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT’S BLOWING UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM A LOT OF PE OPLE DRIVE PTAS THIS AREA ON I-10 ON CLAYBOARD ON TULANE AVENUE AND YOU CAN SEE THE SMOKE FROM REALLY ALL OF DOWNTOWN AND PORTIONS OF MID-CITY UPTOWN. AOT L OF PEOPLE ARE SENDING PHOTOS INTO OUR NEWSROOM. PLEASE KEEP THOSE PHOTOS COMING WE LIKTOE AND WE MAY USE THEM ON AIR. THIS IS A LIVE LKOO RIGHT NOW FROM OUR STUDIOS RIGHT ONHE T EDGE OF DOWNTOWN ON HAROWD AVENUE WHEN YOU CAN SEE NO MORE SMOKE RIGHT NOW, WCHHI IS A VERY GOOD SIGN HOW MUCH DAMAGE IF ANY WAS ACTUALLY DONE. WAS ANYBODY INJURED. THOSE ARE STILL THE QUESTIONS THAT OUR CREW AT THECE SNE WILL GET THIS IS I-10ND A NORMAN C, FRANCIS PARKWAY AND YOU CAN SEE NO MORE SMOKE FROM THAT ANGLE AS WE.LL IT DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE THEY ILSTL HAVE A LOT OF CLEAN. DO BUT THAT’S PROBLYAB A SMALL THING RIGHT NOW THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE WORKERS AND THE PE OPLE AROUND THAT AREA IS PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE EVERY DAY BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION. I KNOW METEOROGISTLO DAMON SINGLETON IS HERE YOU’RE FAMILIAR WITH TSHI AREA AS WELL TOO NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE. I MEAN LOOK THE SUPERDOME DOESN’T CATCH FIRE. YOU DON’T SEEM AT MAJOR SPORTING VENUES LIKE IS NTHOW. NO, YOU’VE BEEN MONITORING SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. IT’S KIND OF SHOCKING TO SEE THAT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW TO THE SUPERDOME. I WAS JUST TALKING TO ONE OF OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES ABOUT I’M WONDERING WHAT’S HAPPENING INSIDE OF THAT SPOT WHERE THE FIRE IS APPEARING. YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT COULD BE RELATED TO SOMEBODY EQUIPMENT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN USING UP THERE BECAUSE I MEAN THIS THE TOP OF THE SUPERDOME HAS BEEN LOOKING THE DOME HAS BEEN LOOKING LIKE YOU KNOW, IT DEFINITELY NEEDED TO CLEAN. YEAH, IT’S NEEDED A SERSIE COIN AND YOU MENTIONED THE HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT THAT THERE THAT THEY USE AND THAT MAYBE THAT'’ RELATED TO THAT. YEAH. LOOK YOU SEE AN AMBULANCE RIGHT THERE. BUT ANY NOW WE WANT TO POINT OUT. WE DON’T KN IOWF ANYBODY. INJURED BUT WHEN THEY MAKE A 911 CALL IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, WHICH I’M SURE THEY DID OR I’M RESU PEOPLE PASSING BY DAN FIRE AND EMS HEAD TO SEEN JUST OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. SO WE’RE HOPING THAT THAT AMBULANCE WAS NOT USED IN THAT FIREFIGHTERS OR EVEN DOME PERSONNEL GOT THIS BLAZE UNDER CONTROL AND YOU KNOW SOME OF THE PICTURES ON SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWED SOME FLAMES THAT WERE PRETTY, YOU KNOW, PRETTY GOOD. YEAH, PRETTY OMINOUS. YEAH, SO, YOU KW,NO WHATEVER IT IS. IT'’ IT COULD BE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AND WE SHOULD POINT OUTHE T SUPERNOVAS GOING THROUGH A 400 MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION. THERE’S ANOTHE PICRTURE YOU CAN SEE THE SMOKE FMRO A DIFFERENT ANGLE. SOMEBODY DRIVING SENT THAT INTO US. BUT THE SUPERDOME IS GNGOI THROUGH A MASSIVE RENOVATION WHAT YOU SEE IN THE INSIDE LOOKS FANTASTIC, BUT WE DON’T KNOW IF ISTH HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT. BUT ONCE AGAIN, HERE’S ANOTHER PICTURE. WE’RE GOING TO BE DONE AT NOON HERE IN JUST AUTBO 30 SECONDS, BUT WILL CONNUTIE TO FOLLOW THIS. WE’LL HAVE ALL T UHEPDATES ON WDSU.COM AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, AND WE’LL HAVE A REPORT COMING UP AT 4 O’CLOCK WHAT LED TO THIS FIRE AND THAT BLACK SMOKE THAT CLDOU BE SEEN FOR MILES BILL BLOWING UP FMRO OH, THERE IT IS. THEY’RE ACTUALLY IS VIDEO AS WE GO HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE FLAMES DAMIAN WAS TALKING AUTBO LIK