Neighbors helped keep a fire from spreading in Yucca Valley Wednesday morning. According to County Fire Captain Jay Dimoff, the fire was burning a small area in a vacant lot in the 6300 block of Fortuna Avenue about 11:40 a.m., but neighbors saw the blaze and used garden hoses to knock down the flames until firefighters arrived. The fire had started to burn a nearby carport next to a house, but the neighbors and firefighters were able to keep the fire from causing more than minimal damage. Dimoff said there were a lot of discarded cigarette butts in the area, and since there was no electricity in the field or lightning at the time of the fire, he suspects the cause to be human caused.
