Overview
- Broadcast images showed a large flame and black smoke rising from the Frankfurt section shortly after the final whistle.
- Sky host Sebastian Hellmann briefly halted a live post-match interview to draw attention to the developing scene in the away end.
- Referee Florian Badstübner stopped play early in the second half following repeated use of pyrotechnics during a league-wide 12‑minute silent protest by fans.
- Reports said both fan bases ignited pyrotechnics, with Frankfurt supporters setting off flares, firecrackers and rockets inside the stadium.
- Dpa reported a Frankfurt fan fell in the guest block and was taken to a hospital with the club saying it was not connected to the fire, and the blaze was reported to have started from a burned flag without official confirmation.