There were two suspicious fire in the Morongo Basin yesterday.
A motorhome is a total loss due to a fire in Yucca Valley Wednesday and Sheriff’s deputies are searching for the driver. Firefighters were called to the 55800 block of Santa Fe Trail at 4:59 for a vehicle fire. The older model RV, which had stopped in the middle of the westbound lane on Santa Fe Trail, was fully engulfed in flames and spewing black smoke that could be seen for miles. Battalion Chief Donnie Viloria said that when firefighters arrived, no one came forward claiming to be the owner or driver of the motorhome. He added that it appeared that the fire started in the rear of the RV—where there are electrical wires and fuel lines–and not in the engine compartment, but that the cause of the fire is unknown. Anyone with information should call the Sheriff’s Department at 760-366-4175.
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Firefighters were called to another suspicious fire in Twentynine Palms at 5:51 p.m., about an hour after the motorhome fire in Yucca Valley. County Fire Captain Durk Carlisle said by the time firefighters from Twentynine Palms and Wonder Valley arrived at the fire near Abronia Avenue and Valle Vista Road, the abandoned and empty shed had burned to the ground. He added that there were no power lines to any of the dilapidated outbuildings on the property nor any readily apparent reason for the shed to catch on fire. The cause is under investigation.
