Four Palm Desert businesses, including Papa Dan’s Pizza & Pasta, were destroyed during a fire in a strip mall, the Riverside County Fire Department said Sunday.
The fire was reported around 3:40 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of Country Club Drive and Monterey Avenue, where firefighters found heavy flames and requested a second alarm.
Six residences near the strip mall were temporarily evacuated, but the residents were able to return home safely after the fire was extinguished, the department said.
A deputy from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, but no other injuries were reported.
East County Club Drive between Monterey Avenue and Sagewood Drive was closed as fire crews remained on-scene for overhaul and salvage.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known.
This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Four Palm Desert businesses destroyed in overnight structure fire
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