A Bermuda Dunes house was destroyed by a Thursday afternoon fire that also left one firefighter with minor burns to the hand.
The house was destroyed, and Cal Fire estimated the loss at $180,000. A house on the north side of that home was saved because of firefighters’ efforts.
The firefighter was hospitalized, and a second person with minor burns declined medical treatment from paramedics called to the home in the 41-300 block of Pedro Buff Drive.
Fire crews were first called to the home at 12:38 p.m. They kept the blaze, which produced heavy smoke, from spreading to a neighboring home and also put out brush behind the home that caught fire.
