The Toronto Blue Jays have postponed Monday night’s game after chunks of ice fell from the CN Tower and damaged the roof of the Rogers Centre.

The team announced on Twitter just after 5:30 p.m. that their series opener against the Kansas City Royals has been rescheduled for tomorrow at 3:07 p.m. It will be a doubleheader as both teams will also play their second game at 7:07 p.m.

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Police first warned of ice falling from the tower shortly before 10:30 a.m., tweeting that there were plans to close a pedestrian bridge on John St. The tower did not officially close until an hour later.

Const. Allyson Douglas-Cook said, at the time, they were “dispatching quite a few units to close the area down.”

Security taped off areas and put up barricades on the south side of the tower, she said. The entrance to the CN Tower and the Rogers Centre are closed. A section of sidewalk on the south side of Front St. is closed from John St. to Blue Jays Way.

Security guards blocked a tunnel that led to the CN Tower, and signs warning of falling ice were plastered over nearby buildings.

On Monday afternoon, watermelon-sized chunks of ice fell just outside of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, causing a loud thud. People outside scrambled and ducked for cover as smaller shards scattered across the ground.

The Star’s Richard Griffin also reported that a hole had opened in the roof of the Rogers Centre over right field, and that snow is on the field.

The Toronto Blue Jays tweeted shortly before 1 p.m. that they are working with CN Tower officials and Toronto police to assess whether tonight’s game against the Kansas City Royals will be able to go forward as planned. Around 3 p.m., they posted an update confirming that the roof was damaged because of the falling ice, and that attempts to repair it were being made.

Earlier in the day, the Jays’ account was tweeting in defiance of the weather, writing: “weather update: Due to our stadium having a roof, today’s game will be …played as expected.” Last week, two Jays games against the Cleveland Indians were rained out at Cleveland’s Progressive Field, a stadium without a dome.

It appears Mother Nature did not take too well to the team’s hubris.

In response to the news about the uncertainty of whether the game would go on, several fans responded with screenshots of the earlier tweet, which had since been deleted by the account, accompanied by a winking emoji face.

Damage from the ice has also been reported to other surrounding buildings.

There have been no injuries reported so far.

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Pedestrians are advised to avoid the area.

The CN Tower was closed due to the extreme weather following reports of chunks of ice falling off the tower.

The area around the CN Tower is not the only one to be shut down due to falling ice. Yonge St. has also been closed between Wood St. and College St. since 3:30 p.m. after reports of chunks of ice also sliding off of a nearby building. No injuries have been reported.

With files from Jaren Kerr