Firefighters battle massive blaze in Adelanto

The San Bernardino County Fire Department reported a two-alarm fire Wednesday night in Adelanto, which evidently destroyed two buildings.

County Fire officials reported that at 4:34 p.m. that evening, they received a call about the blaze in a commercial yard in the 18100 block of Baldwin Street.

The fire was reported in a mixed commercial residential neighborhood north of Bartlett Avenue in Adelanto and west of the Southern California Logistics Airport located in Victorville.

The Apple Valley Fire Protection District and Victorville Fire Department were called to assist and Southern California Edison was called to repair power lines, county fire said.

Firefighters worked to protect nearby structures, and downed power lines and a limited supply of water posed challenges, the county reported.

Flames and a column of heavy black smoke could be seen miles away, according to residents, who also said they heard loud explosions after the fire began.

A local real estate broker that night, posted on Facebook that two structures on Bartlett Avenue were also on fire.

Just before 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, county fire reported that the "Baldwin Fire" was knocked down, with no extension to adjacent homes or a strip mall. Firefighters will remain on scene.

Two building were destroyed in the blaze, including a former county fire station. A landscape company and nursery also suffered heavy damage.

No one was injured in the fire, county fire reported.

This story is developing. It will be updated as more information becomes available.

Daily Press reporter Rene Ray De La Cruz may be reached at 760-951-6227 or RDeLaCruz@VVDailyPress.com. Follow him on Instagram @RenegadeReporter and Twitter

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