Firefighters spent Monday evening battling a fire at the county landfill in Landers. County Fire Battalion Chief Mike Snow said the call came in about 6 p.m. and Yucca Mesa firefighters arrived at the dump to find refuse about 100 feet by 100 feet on fire. Firefighters called in a water tender from Yucca Mesa and an additional engine from Yucca Valley to assist. With help from landfill crews who used heavy equipment to spread out the debris, firefighters had the blaze out in about 1 ½ hours. Medic Engine 42 from Yucca Valley was slightly damaged by an object that exploded and sent a projectile from the fire into the side of the fire engine. There were no injuries. The cause is under investigation.
