Crime & Safety
Abandoned Hotel Buildings Burn In Desert Hot Springs
Amid wet, cold weather, two empty hotel buildings caught fire early Thursday on Ocotillo
DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA — Firefighters Thursday extinguished fires in two abandoned hotel buildings in Desert Hot Springs.
The fires were reported about 6:39 a.m. at Fifth Street and Ocotillo Road, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
One fire was contained by about 8 a.m., and the second fire was contained a short time afterward, the fire department reported.
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The initial investigation shows that 40 percent of both structures were destroyed by the blaze. Cal Fire investigators were working with Desert Hot Springs police to determine what started the fires.
