Wildfire burns 40 acres near Tramway Road
The Palm Springs Fire Department battled a vegetation fire near Tramway Road & W Racquet Club Road Tuesday night.
Fire crews say the fire was reported around 8:30 p.m. Crews were able to respond in minutes as the blaze was visible from a nearby fire station. They say at one point, flames were more than 30 feet in the air. By 4:45 a.m. Wednesday morning, no engines were seen on either Racquet Club or Tramway Road.
There were two flare-ups that were contained on Wednesday, one in the morning and one in the early afternoon.
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According to Palm Springs Fire Chief Kevin Nalder, the fire burned 40 acres. Nadler said 20 homes were evacuated but a fire line was established protecting them.
Residents were later told they could return home at 10:30 p.m.
There was no immediate word on what started the fire. No injuries or damage to structures were reported so far.
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway officials confirmed the tram was not threatened. However, firefighters requested the tramway close early.
Initially, all 27 people up in the tram were supposed to be brought down at around 9:30 p.m. However, the Tramway suffered an outage due to the fire and people were left stranded. Cara Youngman, a spokesperson for the tram, confirmed they were able to fix the generator and the remaining 27 people are being brought down.
The Palm Springs Police Department advised people to avoid the area north of Via Escuela and west of Palm Canyon. At 11:30 p.m. PSPD announced all roads were open.
According to Southern California Edison, 734 customers were without power service, but service was restored for nearly all customers in the area the next morning.
