The Wonder Valley firebug was back last night. County Fire Battalion Chief Scott Tuttle said firefighters were called to two fires in Wonder Valley; the first call came in at 11:52 p.m. to a vacant, dilapidated house near Valle Vista and Bullion Mountain Road. Twentynine Palms firefighters confined the fire to the bedroom where it had started, and the blaze was out by the time the Combat Center fire crew arrived to assist.
As fire crews were hauling in the hoses, a second fire call came in at 12:50 a.m. in the 3800 block of Shadow Mountain Road. A vacant house was fully involved in flames when crews arrived; it was a total loss.
Both fires are under investigation by county fire and the Sheriff’s Arson and Bomb unit. These are the sixth and seventh suspicious fires in the Wonder Valley/Twentynine Palms area in one month, all in the late night or early morning hours.
