According to a release from the County Sheriff’s Department, Thursday (May 26), deputies from the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station responded to reports of a fire near Elk Trail in Yucca Valley. When deputies arrived, they immediately identified…
A brush fire ignited near the top of the Morongo Grade Sunday night (August 15). According to Morongo Valley Firefighter Paramedic Nate Garcia, fire crews responded to the fire burning near the shoulder of the eastbound lane of Highway 62…
A potentially dangerous brush fire broke out yesterday (June 22) in Morongo Valley. According to Morongo Valley Firefighter Paramedic Nathaniel Garcia, a resident on North Star Trail lost control of an outdoor fire in their back yard when the…
A brush engine with a crew of three firefighters from Morongo Valley left at 6 a.m. this morning to help at the Lake Incident in Jurupa Valley. The Lake Incident started about 11 a.m. Monday in the Santa Ana river bottom and as of 7 a.m. today,…
An aggressive attack by firefighters kept a fire from spreading into an apartment building in Yucca Valley Sunday. County Fire Battalion Chief Bob Evans said crews were sent to a vegetation fire in the 7100 block of Palo Alto at 6 p.m. where…
A vegetation fire behind the Yucca Valley Tractor Supply store was most likely started by transients, according to county fire. Battalion Chief Mike McClintock said numerous residents saw smoke and flames behind the strip mall and called 911…
A man who was arrested for the second time in three days is accused of setting a fire Saturday night. About 10 p.m., fire crews were called to a wash south of the America’s Best Value Inn, in the 71800 block of Highway 62 in Twentynine Palms…
Morongo Valley firefighters were called out to two fires in 10 hours. About 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night, a small debris and vegetation fire (about 10 by 10 feet) was reported in an open field near Bella Vista, north of Highway 62. Fire Captain…
Fire crews in the Morongo Basin had a busy weekend battling four separate fires. About 4:30 afternoon Friday (February 19), fire crews were called to the 55200 block of Mi Casa Blvd in Johnson Valley. Initial reports said the resident was…
Continuing our top stories of 2020 are three stories with a big effect on the environment and wildlife. Several fires west of the Morongo Basin blanketed our area with smoke for days. The Apple Fire started July 31, caused by burning carbon…
High winds and rain are blamed for a couple of power pole fires and downed power lines in the Morongo Basin. County Fire Battalion Chief Mike O’Bier said there were numerous downed lines in Yucca Valley Sunday, but the most significant was a…
County Fire Battalion Chief Donnie Viloria hasn’t been home much over the last month or so. At the end of August, he spent two weeks fighting the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, and then after a short vacation, he was sent back out to help fight the…
Firefighters were called to a suspicious blaze in Yucca Valley Monday afternoon. Firefighters were called to a small vegetation fire in the alley behind a home in the 7400 block of Borrego Trail at 3:22 p.m. The 10-foot by 10-foot blaze was out…
Two regional fires are sending smoke into the Morongo Basin, depending on wind directions, but are not posing any danger to us. Evacuation orders were lifted Saturday for the Snow Creek area and Sunday for the Windy Point neighborhoods that…
A new fire erupted nearby Thursday afternoon. The Snow Fire, in the Snow Creek neighborhood at the base of Mount San Jacinto just south of I-10, started at 2:38 p.m. from a car fire and quickly spread into vegetation. As of last night, it was…
San Bernardino County Fire Battalion Chief Scott Tuttle was barely home from working the Apple Fire in August when he was sent out again to augment firefighters working on the El Dorado Fire. Managing editor Tami Roleff files this report from…
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