Fire damages historic Ontario baseball stadium featured in ‘A League of Their Own’

A ballpark used for some scenes in the 1992 film “A League of Their Own” and other Hollywood movies was damaged in a fire late Thursday in Ontario.

Flames tore through the wooden grandstand and other parts of historic Jay Littleton Ball Park, a decades-old baseball gem that is currently home to little league games an amateur leagues. Witnesses said they heard an explosion at about 11:30 p.m. Thursday.

Daylight revealed significant damage to the grandstands.

Details about a cause were not immediately available.

Baseball has been played at the field at Fourth Street and Grove Avenue in the community east of Los Angeles for more than 80 years. The wooden grandstand was finished in 1937. Surrounding John Galvin Park was founded in 1910.

The ballpark was home to the Ontario Orioles for one season in 1947 and was officially dedicated as Jay Littleton Ball Park in 1998 in honor of an important local figure in baseball and youth sports.

Hollywood films with scenes shot at the picturesque stadium include the Tom Hanks and Geena Davis hit “A League of Their Own,” “Eight Men Out,” and “The Babe Ruth Story.”