Firefighters overcame abandoned vehicles, ditches, trees, and large piles of burning debris to save a Twentynine Palms home from fire late Saturday night (September 25). According to Assistant San Bernardino County Fire Chief Scott Tuttle, fire crews were called to the 71000 block of Indian Trail in Twentynine Palms just before 10 p.m. for a report of an unknown fire, which was identified as a structure fire soon after. Crews arrived on the large parcel of land; which was surrounded in ½ acre of rubbish, debris, and trees well involved in fire with a nearby structure in immanent danger. Crews had a very difficult time accessing the home, navigating abandoned vehicles and large ditches on the property. A County Fire excavator had to be called to the scene to move heavy debris for engine crews to approach the fire. Crews laid out significant lengths of hose to reach the blaze, extinguishing the fire in about one hour and saving the structure with minimal damage. There were no reported injuries and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
