A man who was driving his SUV in the desert in Twentynine started a vegetation fire which then burned his vehicle. According to County Fire Battalion Chief Scott Tuttle, Twentynine Palms and Wonder Valley firefighters were called to Mesquite Springs Road and Sunny Sands just after 7 p.m. Tuesday. Tuttle said the fire engines couldn’t drive into the desert without getting stuck, so they had to lay about 300 feet of hose to get to the fire, which was in a sand dune northwest of Sunny Sands. The driver had gotten his small SUV stuck in the sand and while trying to get out, the vehicle started vegetation on fire, which spread to and completely burned his SUV. The Sheriff’s Department is investigating.
