An overloaded generator is blamed for an early morning fire that burned a recreational vehicle, car, and shed in Flamingo Heights today. County Fire Battalion Chief Scott Tuttle said firefighters from Yucca Mesa, Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, and Calfire were called to the blaze in the 1900 block of Old Woman Springs Road at 4:24 a.m. The first firefighters arrived on scene at 4:33 and the fire was knocked down at 4:55. Tuttle said the generator had lots of things plugged in to it, and the generator overheated, causing the fire to start with the RV. The fire then spread to a car and shed next to the RV, but Tuttle said firefighters did a great job of keeping the fire from spreading to the mobile home and other RVs parked nearby.
