Morongo Basin firefighters responded to only one fireworks-related fire Thursday. County Fire Battalion Chief Mike McClintock said that firefighters from Yucca Valley, Yucca Mesa, and Joshua Tree were called to the 59000 block of Barron Drive in Yucca Valley about 9:55 p.m. for a vegetation fire. According to McClintock, the residents said someone driving by shot a firework out the car window and started the fire. Firefighters were able to contain the fire to an area about 100 by 100 feet.
