The St. Louis Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers were unable to kick off at their scheduled 1 p.m. ET start time after the Rams' entrance caused a small fire on the Edward Jones Dome turf.
NFL.com posted a video of the incident, during which none of the players running out of the tunnel were injured. Mike Tunison provided a short Vine of the turf catching fire:
ESPN.com's Nick Wagoner and NFL on CBS showed members of the field crew attempting to repair the turf before the game could get underway:
Rams turf near end zone caught fire briefly from pregame pyrotechnics.