Two unrelated home fires lit up the Morongo Basin last night.
First, a Landers home that appeared to be inhabited by squatters caught fire shortly before midnight. Fire crews responded to a structure fire in the 56200 block of Lilac Avenue to find heavy smoke and flames from a single-story home, an RV, and multiple cars that were also on fire. The fire was knocked down in approximately 20 minutes and fire crews did not find anyone in the home. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
A home and several vehicles were fully involved with flames when firefighters arrived at a fire in the 56200 block of Lilac Avenue in Landers Tuesday night.
The Twentynine Palms City Council awarded a design contract for a safety median on Highway 62, east of Encelia Avenue, in front of Stater Bros., last night. Reporter Heather Clisby has the details…
At last night’s Twentynine Palms City Council meeting, the council voted to award a design contract to KOA Corporation for a safety median on Highway 62, east of Encelia Avenue. Slated for construction later this year, the 850-foot-long raised median will be a safety mechanism that blocks motorists from making risky left turns from the highway in to the parking lot and vice versa. Motorists heading west will be able to access the shopping center by turning left at the stoplight at Encelia Avenue.