Firefighters were able to prevent a garage fire from spreading to a house Monday evening in Twentynine Palms. About 6:45 p.m., firefighters from Twentynine Palms, the Combat Center, and Joshua Tree were called to a structure fire on El Bandido near Gemini in the Desert Heights neighborhood. The garage and contents, including two vehicles and a workshop, suffered major damage, but the home only had smoke damage and no fire damage. Firefighters were on scene for about two hours. The cause is under investigation.
