Two fires strike Palm Springs Saturday, damaging mobile homes, Navigation Center ⋆ The Palm Springs Post

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*Smoke could be seen from throughout the city Saturday afternoon as firefighters battled a blaze at Ramon Mobile Home Park near Ramon Road and Sunrise Way. Multiple buildings were damaged in the blaze.* *(Submitted photo: Nick Sivetz)*

Palm Springs Fire Department crews battled two separate structure fires on Saturday, responding to blazes at a mobile home park and the city’s Navigation Center facility within hours of each other.

The first fire broke out at 8:20 a.m. at the Navigation Center located at 3589 McCarthy Rd., which serves the unhoused population, where flames erupted on the second floor inside a single unit. Fire crews arrived at the scene five minutes after dispatch and quickly located the fire in a small room, extinguishing the flames by 8:35 a.m. with help from building sprinklers.

Emergency responders rescued a puppy from the affected unit during the operation. Two additional units sustained water damage, though no injuries to firefighters or civilians were reported.

Later that afternoon, a more serious blaze developed at Ramon Mobile Home Park at 1441 East Ramon Rd. Fire department units received the call at about 3:20 p.m. and arrived five minutes later to find multiple mobile homes and several palm trees fully engulfed in flames.

Firefighters launched an aggressive offensive attack to contain the fire and prevent it from spreading throughout the mobile home community. Five mobile homes sustained fire damage in the incident.

One person was treated for smoke inhalation and transported to a local hospital. The fire department successfully prevented the blaze from spreading to other structures in the park.

The causes of both fires remain under investigation. The Palm Springs Fire Department is working with building management at the Navigation Center to ensure all safety protocols are in place.