76-YEAR-OLD WOMAN SUFFERS SMOKE INHALATION IN HOUSE FIRE IN JOSHUA TREE

A 76-year-old woman suffered smoke inhalation from a residential structure fire in Joshua Tree Monday morning. County Fire Battalion Chief Scott Tuttle said firefighters from Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley and Twentynine Palms were called to the blaze in the 63400 block of Jadeite Street in Joshua Tree at 8:25 a.m. Smoke from the fire could be seen for miles, and firefighters arrived to find the house fully involved in flames. A neighbor found the resident unconscious just inside the home’s from door and pulled her outside and managed to revive her before first responders arrived. She was alert and talking when Morongo Basin Ambulance took her to Hi-Desert Medical Center where she was then flow to Arrowhead Medical Center. Tuttle said it took firefighters about 30 minutes to get the fire under control; the home, and a nearby motorhome, are a complete loss. The origin and cause of the fire are under investigation.