Crime & Safety

Firefighters Respond to Reported Structure Fire: Smoke Shows in Garage

The fire was reported at 2:03 p.m. Jan. 25 in the 40600 block of Via Fonda, east of the Plaza de Monterey shopping center, according to Melody Hendrickson of Cal Fire-Riverside County.

A contingent of six engines and 24 firefighters responded Friday afternoon to a reported structure fire on Via Fonda in Palm Desert, a Cal Fire spokeswoman said.

The fire was reported at 2:03 p.m. Jan. 25 in the 40600 block of Via Fonda, east of the Plaza de Monterey shopping center, according to Melody Hendrickson of Cal Fire-Riverside County.

"First arriving engine company reported light smoke showing from the garage," Hendrickson said in a statement.

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 Personnel from the Sheriff's Department, Southern California Edison and the Southern California Gas Company also responded, Hendrickson said.

No injuries were reported. The was said to be under investigation.

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The neighborhood is just south of Country Club Drive and east of Bob Hope Drive.

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