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Man Dead Following Porta Potty Fire At M&T Stadium

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are investigating a man's death outside the M&T Stadium Sunday afternoon after three porta potties were engulfed in flames.

Bikers riding by captured video outside the stadium as the three porta potties were engulfed in flames.

The fire department said that they were called around 3 p.m. to the 1100 block of Russell St.

A stadium security guard saw the flames and witnessed a man running away from them.

"There was an adult male running from one of the porta potties," said Blair Adams with the Baltimore Fire Department. "Immediately he collapsed on the floor and he was pronounced dead at the scene."

Fire officials said the investigation is still active and are working to determine the cause of the fire.

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