Firefighters made short work of a potentially dangerous brush fire in Joshua Tree last night. San Bernardino County Fire responded with two engines, one brush engine and one battalion chief. Crews were called to the 62200 block of Verbena at about 7:30 p.m. to find about one-half acre of light to medium fuels involved. Crews got the fire knocked down in just 10 minutes and stopped the forward rate of spread at two acres. The cause if the fire was undetermined after investigation.
VEGETATION FIRE IN JOSHUA TREE LAST NIGHT
Firefighters made an aggressive attack on a brush fire on Verbena in Joshua Tree Thursday evening and confined the blaze to two acres.
Photo courtesy San Bernardino County Fire Department