Complex sentence: In the summer of 2006, the Sawtooth Complex fire threatened Pappy & Harriet's as well as the whole of Pioneertown; however, the town and the club were spared despite the fire burning 50 homes and over 60,000 acres of desert.
Split into simpler sentences: In the summer of 2006, the Sawtooth Complex fire threatened Pappy & Harriet's as well as the whole of Pioneertown. However, the town and the club were spared despite the fire burning 50 homes and over 60,000 acres of desert.