Investigators have lots of questions following a fire in Pipes Canyon last night. County Fire Battalion Chief Scott Tuttle said firefighters from Yucca Mesa, Yucca Valley, two Calfire engines, and water tenders from Morongo Valley and Lucerne Valley were called to the 54700 block of Pipes Canyon Road at midnight Monday. Firefighters found a detached garage, travel trailer, several passenger cars, and a motorcycle fully involved in flames. Tuttle said because firefighters had to rely on water tenders, due to the fact there are no hydrants in the area, it took about an hour to knock down the blaze. A fire investigator was called out and found what appeared to be a body in the rubble about 4 a.m., but Tuttle clarified in a second phone call to Z107.7 that the fire investigator was mistaken and it was not a body as reported earlier. Tuttle said it’s still unknown how the blaze started, as well as where it started. An investigator from the Sheriff’s Bomb and Arson unit is assisting with the investigation.
