Twentynine Palms firefighters didn’t have far to go for a fire this morning. County Fire Battalion Chief Scott Tuttle said firefighters noticed smoke coming out of an abandoned storage unit across from the fire station in the 6500 block of Adobe Road about 7:40 a.m. Twentynine Palms firefighters were assisted by firefighters from Wonder Valley, Joshua Tree, and the Combat Center. They mounted an aggressive attack and had the blaze knocked down in about 10 minutes. Tuttle said the damage was contained to contents inside the building, and added that transients are known to live in the building, although no one was there during the fire. The cause is under investigation.
