Global Courant 2023-05-20 07:30:57
Two people were injured in a natural gas explosion at a minor league baseball field in Lake Elsinore on Friday hours before a game was scheduled to take place.
The burst gas line started a fire that was quickly extinguished by the sprinklers at Diamond Stadium, said Maggie De La Rosa, a spokeswoman for the Riverside County Fire Department.
The incident was reported at 4:21 p.m., before fans entered the stadium. Two persons suffered minor injuries and were taken to hospital, she said.
The Lake Elsinore Storm, the Single-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, was scheduled to play the Inland Empire 66ers at 7:15 p.m.
It is unclear what caused the explosion and De La Rosa was unable to verify where it came from.
De Storm was not immediately available for comment, but the team announced this on Twitter that matches scheduled for Friday and Saturday would be postponed until further notice “due to an incident at the stadium”.
