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Quartzsite fire fighters were called to a fire Monday in an RV park that left a toddler dead.

Here’s when to visit the desert town, which has more RV spots than homes and was a filming location for the 2020 movie ‘Nomadland’.

John Lane can’t wait for the snowbirds to leave town this year. In search of warmer weather and wide-open spaces, the seasonal visitors flock south and west each winter in their RVs and camper vans, quadrupling the population of this Arizona desert town. They are usually greeted warmly as they fill their ample free time — and boost the local economy — zipping around town in golf carts to take in gem shows, dine in restaurants or patronize the shuffleboard courts. But in the midst of the pandemic, many of the part-time visitors have focused on a more high-stakes activity: seeking out do...