CANDLE BLAMED FOR WONDER VALLEY CABIN FIRE

A candle is blamed for a Wonder Valley fire Tuesday night that left a resident homeless. County Fire Battalion Chief Scott Tuttle said crews from Twentynine Palms, Joshua Tree, and the Combat Center were called at 9:38 p.m. to a fire in the 6200 block of Allen Avenue. Tuttle said the one-room cabin was fully involved in flames. It took firefighters about five minutes to knock down the flames but they were on scene for just under two hours mopping up. There were no injuries.