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Fire at Texas Tech's Practice Facility Near Jones AT&T Stadium

Texas Tech University says nobody was injured in a fire Wednesday afternoon at the school's new sports performance center.

The fire started at about 5:30 p.m., and thick black smoke could be seen for miles from the Lubbock campus while firefighters contained the flames.

Campus officials said workers had been welding on the roof of the facility, which is under construction near the Jones AT&T Stadium, when a piece of hot metal landed on rubber roofing material below and ignited.

The extent of the damage and an estimate on the losses from the fire have not been released.

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