{"id":8603,"date":"2025-01-16T16:15:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T10:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=555144"},"modified":"2026-01-31T18:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T13:12:10","slug":"brisbane-heat-vs-hobart-hurricanes-match-halted-due-to-fire-incident-at-the-gabba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/brisbane-heat-vs-hobart-hurricanes-match-halted-due-to-fire-incident-at-the-gabba\/","title":{"rendered":"Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes: BBL match halted due to fire incident at The Gabba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 36th Big Bash League (BBL) match between Brisbane Heat and Hobart Hurricanes at The Gabba, Brisbane, was temporarily halted after a fire incident inside the playing arena. The match, which had witnessed an intense start with Hobart Hurricanes at 47\/0 in 4 overs chasing 201, was brought to an abrupt pause as police and security personnel intervened.<\/p>\n<h3>Incident Details:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>At approximately 4:11 IST time (10:41 GMT), a fire broke out near the stands, prompting immediate action from police and security teams.<\/li>\n<li>Spectators seated in the affected area were asked to vacate as a safety measure.<\/li>\n<li>Players and officials were taken off the field as the situation was brought under control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Current Match Status:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Before the interruption, Caleb Jewell (25 off 14) and Mitchell Owen (20 off 10) had provided a blistering start for the Hurricanes.<\/li>\n<li>The required run rate stood at 9.69, with the Hurricanes needing 155 runs to win.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Officials are closely monitoring the situation, and an update on the resumption of play is awaited. The safety of fans, players, and staff remains the top priority for authorities.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned for further updates as the situation unfolds.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 36th Big Bash League (BBL) match between Brisbane Heat and Hobart Hurricanes at The Gabba, Brisbane, was temporarily halted\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":31417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4644,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbl","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43381,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8603\/revisions\/43381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}