Temperatures were hovering around freezing in Cincinnati on Sunday for the Chiefs’ Week 17 game against the Bengals, so it made plenty of sense for Kansas City to have space heaters on the sideline.
After all, nobody wants to stand in the cold for three-plus hours. But one Chiefs staffer learned the hard way about how close he should stand to one of those heaters.
During the first half, the CBS broadcast pointed out that the white, flake-like debris floating around the field wasn’t actually snow. Instead, it was feathers from a Chiefs staffer’s coat. He stood a bit too close to the space heater, and, well, this was the aftermath.
Kansas City's sideline is covered with goose down because a staffer's jacket caught fire from the space heater pic.twitter.com/CeBwDXh4ei
— Christian D'Andrea, 2021 PAC champion (@TrainIsland) January 2, 2022
The coat caught fire and left a feathery mess around the Chiefs’ bench.
Thankfully, everyone seemed fine. He’ll just need a new coat and to exercise some caution around those space heaters. Those heaters are no joke.
