Quick and aggressive action by firefighters kept a dumpster fire from spreading to vegetation in Landers Tuesday evening. Shortly before 5:30 p.m., Yucca Valley firefighters had to leave the National Night Out event in Yucca Valley for what was first called in as a vegetation fire. They met the Joshua Tree firefighters in the 200 block of Alta Avenue, where they found a roll-off trash container on fire. Battalion Chief Scott Tuttle said the flames were threatening nearby vegetation, but firefighters knocked down the blaze in less than 10 minutes. There were no injuries and the cause is under investigation.
