A boarded up structure that caught fire in Joshua Tree was quickly handled by San Bernardino County Fire on Saturday morning (December 17). At around 10:30 a.m., an engine dispatching medical aid in the high desert saw smoke in the distance. Upon arrival at the location on Chollita Road west of El Reposo, County Fire crews discovered a boarded up single story building producing a moderate amount of smoke.
The building is part of a complex of several structures on a single property, which are boarded up, surrounded by a chain link fence, and currently for sale and listed as the “Chollita Complex.”
Crews entered the boarded up building and extinguished the fire within five minutes. There was evidence of transient activity at the complex, but there were no injuries reported at the scene. The cause of the fire has not been determined as of Monday morning (December 19)
