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Trash fire extinguished at EverBank Field after Jaguars game against Bills

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department responded to a call of a fire in a parking lot at EverBank Field Sunday after the Jaguars beat the Bills 10-3.

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Fire investigators say it happened in parking lot X by the river, and that both Jags and Bills fans were tailgating in that lot.

Action News Jax Traffic reporter Derrick Odom was there, as well as other Jaguar fans that said the Bills fans started the bon fire.

"We just walked up and see this glow coming from the field over there and a ring of fans. I've never seen them trash it like this and set stuff on fire. I mean there was garbage littered all over the place," Odom said. "I didn’t see anyone arrested or cited...everyone kind of disbursed."

Numerous videos and pictures of the fire were posted to social media along with posts showing JFRD putting out the fires as Bills fans surrounding the area.

Bills fans doing their stadium chants and cheers are audible as crews put out the flames in some of the videos.

One bills fan tweeted “thank you Jacksonville Fire Dept. for saving the #billsmafia from themselves” along with a video of the scene.

City officials confirmed that bonfires are still part of a burn ban across Jacksonville.

Jaguars fan John Frazier volunteered to help clean up the shipyards after seeing the report on the trashed lots on the news.

"I wouldn't come to your city and destroy your city with a bonfire," Frazier said.

Those helping to clean up the mess say both Jacksonville and Buffalo fans contributed to the trash.

The Jaguars' organization declined to comment about the incident.