Diners Rush to Move Their Vehicles Before Car Bursts Into Flames in Parking Lot

Orange County Fire Authority firefighters extinguish flames from a car that ignited. A suspect said to be under the influence of drugs was taken into custody by Irvine Police Department officers in Irvine Calif., on June 11, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Diners rushed to move their vehicles seconds before a car erupted in flames outside an Irvine breakfast parlor on June 11.

The driver of a charcoal grey Nissan hatchback backed into a parking space in front of a diner located at 17595 Harvard Ave. and sat in his car while leaving it running. The heat from the exhaust pipe caught some brush on fire—sending the car into flames, authorities said.