Crime & Safety
12 Left Homeless in Morning Fire
An early morning fire at a multi-unit complex has left a dozen people without a home.
Twelve people were evacuated after a fire at a multi-unit residential complex in Palm Desert this morning.
According to Melody Hendrickson of CAL FIRE, the fire in the Desert Oasis Apartments, 77-777 Country Club Drive, was reported just before 7:30 a.m. Crews arrived to find the middle unit of a multiple family, single-story building fully engulfed.
A total of ten engines and 41 firefighters had the flames out within one hour. No injuries have been reported. A total of three apartments were damaged in the fire, while the firefighting effort damaged six others.
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Red Cross is asisting those affected by the fire.
No damage estimate has been released. The cause of the fire is under investigation.