Historic baseball constructions at Jay Littleton Park in Ontario destroyed by hearth

Structures at Jay Littleton Park in Ontario, a historic baseball discipline that has been a preferred filming location for motion pictures, have been destroyed by hearth in a single day.

At round 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22, the Fire Department arrived to seek out constructions absolutely engulfed in flames.

Smoke and flames stuffed the dugout and wood grandstand, accomplished in 1937.

Investigators work the scene of an in a single day hearth that destroyed constructions on the Jay Littleton Ball Park in Ontario. (Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)

A scoreboard is seen via the rubble from of an in a single day hearth that destroyed constructions on the Jay Littleton Ball Park in Ontario. (Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)

A monument nonetheless stands after an in a single day hearth on the Jay Littleton Ball Park in Ontario. (Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)

Members of the Ontario Fire Department work the scene. (Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)

A lady pictures the scene after the in a single day hearth on the Jay Littleton Ball Park. (Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)

Smoke smolders within the shrubs as Ontario Fire Department works the scene. (Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)

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Investigators work the scene of an in a single day hearth that destroyed constructions on the Jay Littleton Ball Park in Ontario. (Photo by Stan Lim, Contributing Photographer)

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“We have been in a position to get a knock down on the fireplace — no accidents to firefighters, first responders, or civilians as far as far as we all know of,” stated Dan Kloosterman, hearth investigation supervisor for the Ontario Fire Department.

Five hearth engines and two hearth vehicles responded, Kloosterman informed KNN, a information group that generally works with the Southern California News Group, on the scene.

The ballpark, in John Galvin Park at Grove Avenue and 4th Street, was constructed within the Thirties.

For one season, in 1947, the park was the house discipline of a minor league baseball crew, the Ontario Orioles. The park has additionally been utilized in a number of motion pictures, together with “Eight Men Out,” “The Babe Ruth Story,” and “A League of Their Own.”

The hearth’s trigger was unclear.

“We are within the very early phases of the investigation,” Kloosterman stated. “This is a tragic day for the town of Ontario.”