LOS ANGELES — Before Tuesday night's game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks, a vehicle in the parking lot caught on fire.
It appears a car caught on fire outside of Dodger Stadium before today’s game, hoping everybody is okay 🙏
🎥: @justinsunho pic.twitter.com/jYBqRNMO2D
— Dodgers Nation (@DodgersNation) May 22, 2024
Ahead of the game starting, many fans who were arriving caught a glimpse of the SUV going up in flames, as many posted videos on social media of the occurrence.
While all this was going on, Dodgers organ player, who is quite well-known as Dieter Ruehle, stole the show when he started playing "We Didn't Start The Fire" on the stadium's loud speaker.
As you can watch and listen here:
The organ player is cold blooded… pic.twitter.com/4vJ3U4LpW0
— Eric Staniford (@EricStaniford) May 22, 2024
Fans all thought it was amusing, but the owner of the automobile that had to sit through that rendition, while he watched his prized possession going up in smoke, probably didn't think it was funny.
One Dodgers fan posted, "Response time was pretty solid. We were bugging out in the stadium because we saw the smoke from around the seats."
The LA Fire Department said, "We're pleased to confirm that the non-injury fire, which began beneath the hood of the new mid-size SUV, was quickly extinguished by first arriving LAFD firefighters."
Seemingly the vehicle's engine overheated, but thanks to the emergency personnel coming quickly to put out the flames, there was no further damage reported. Everyone at the game was alright, well except for the one unlucky fan who probably had to take an Uber home.
To add even more to an already strange night, Ruehle who was the organ player, caught his first ever foul ball.
Well, well, well. Look who ended up with his first foul ball. EVER. @DieterRuehle pic.twitter.com/Gfw1idMkSk
— Doug Padilla (@DougPadilla) May 23, 2024
After all that, the Dodgers lost 7-3 to the Diamondbacks, but they still sit atop the NL West (33-19).
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