26 Shirts founder Del Reid today criticized the alleged bad behavior of some Bills fans after Sunday's playoff game:
I’m proud Bills fans travel well, but there’s obviously a contingent that need to learn there’s a better way to treat a host city with respect than tackling its team's fans while they carry their coolers through a tailgate, and setting bonfires after the game that require the FD.
— Del Reid (@DelReid) January 8, 2018
According to Action News Jax, the Jacksonville Fire Department was dispatched to a call of a fire in a parking lot at the EverBank Stadium, where both Jaguars and Bills fans were tailgating.
The local station's traffic reporter was in parking lot X and said Bills fans (allegedly) started the bonfire. Though we currently do not have permission to use video from the scene, reports say Bills fans were heard chanting and cheering as local fire crews put out the flames.
According Action News Jax reporter Cole Heath's twitter: "blue cans, melted broken folding tables [were] all part of a bonfire..."
Pile of burned folding tables, beer cans and trash left outside the Bank. Witnesses say Bills fans started bonfire that JFRD had to put out. Trash littering the area too. pic.twitter.com/pxX4PUUXj4
— Cole Heath (@ColeANjax) January 8, 2018
“They (bills fans) didn’t like that loss very much.” Said this man who is cleaning up the mess left in the stadium parking lot. Says fans of both teams left trash but buffalo fans left melted pile of garbage after a bonfire. Cleanup is beginning now. pic.twitter.com/RssQy3zPh5
— Cole Heath (@ColeANjax) January 8, 2018