U-HAUL MOVING VAN CATCHES FIRE IN YUCCA VALLEY

Aggressive work by Yucca Valley firefighters managed to save most of the belongings in a U-Haul moving van Thursday morning. According to County Fire Battalion Chief Mike Snow, firefighters were called to the 58000 block of Taos Trail, near Amador, at 9:48 a.m. where they found the engine of a large U-Haul van on fire. Snow said the driver told firefighters that the van was being backed into the driveway to start unloading it when smoke and flames started coming out of the engine department. The driver tried unsuccessfully to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher. Snow said firefighters managed to contain the blaze to the front of the van, minimizing damage to the contents. The U-Haul van is a total loss.