MetLife Stadium fire isn't actually what it looks like at Giants, Jets home field originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The jokes would definitely write themselves.MetLife Stadium, the home of the New York Giants and New York Jets, on fire? Yeah, that's some low-hanging fruit for anyone who wants to mock the Giants and the Jets.Images circulating on social media on Friday certainly made it look like a real scene:Current scene at MetLife. Its actually on fire. pic.twitte com/p9lVOA5fwz Talkin Giants (@TalkinGiants) May 8, 2026There was a fire, but it's not exactly what it looks like.MORE:Shilo Sanders under fire for telling female reporter to 'make a sandwich'Is MetLife Stadium on fire?No, the NFL stadium isn't actually on fire.Here's a look from the sky:No joke just flew over MetLife no fire visible from here. Pic was 15 minutes ago. https://t.co/T934Qhsiq9pic.twitter.com/CEct6ElG0G Rational Giants Takes (@RationalGMENFan) May 8, 2026NJ.com's Victoria Gladstone got to the bottom of things:"A large fire is blowing thick clouds of black smoke over a small town in Bergen County. Police said the fire in Carlstadt is 'under control' but actively being fought."Gladstone writes that it's a building fire located less than three miles from MetLife Stadium.So that explains the photograph -- taken from the side angle, the smoke can look like it's actually coming from the football stadium itself, but in reality, it's just a few miles beyond.More NFL news:Saints still have an Alvin Kamara decision to makeWhat's going on with Aaron Rodgers and the Cardinals?Eagles might have a DeVonta Smith problemPatriots give another A.J. Brown signalFrom Falcons to Cardinals, Tyler Allgeier can't catch a break