Authorities Investigate Encampment Fire in Palm Springs

PALM SPRINGS (CNS) - Authorities continued their investigation today
into a fire in Palm Springs that left one person injured.
  

The blaze was reported about 6:15 p.m. Wednesday along Tramway Road
near state Route 111, according to the Palm Springs Fire Department.
  

The agency stated that arriving crews encountered a small fire burning
within an encampment that had not extended into the surrounding vegetation.
Crews extinguished the fire at 6:25 p.m.
  

An unidentified adult sustained minor burn injuries to the hands and
arms and was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to a local
hospital for further medical evaluation, officials said.
  

No structures were threatened.
  

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