A Twentynine Palms home that burned down Thursday night (June 24) had been raided by a Sheriff’s marijuana enforcement team earlier that day. According to Sheriff’s reports, Deputies responded around 7 a.m. to a home in the 6000 block of Regino St. in Twentynine Palms for a report of a strong smell of marijuana coming from the structure. The report also stated that two people carrying assault-style weapons had been seen at the residence. A marijuana task force was deployed to the location where it was confirmed to be an illegal indoor marijuana grow site. The task force seized marijuana plants, but did not locate any suspects. Electricity to the home was cut and the home was red-tagged by Twentynine Palms code enforcement.
Around midnight that same night, San Bernardino County Fire responded to a report of a structure fire at the same location in Twentynine Palms. The fire was knocked down in forty minutes. Bystanders reported that no one lived at the property, but that someone was seen in the vicinity prior to the fire. The Sheriff’s bomb and arson squad was advised, investigators are still determining the cause and origin of the fire.
