Albuquerque Fire Rescue had a busy time over the weekend and even into early Monday morning responding to fires in the city.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Several fires over the weekend left people displaced from their homes in Albuquerque.
The Red Cross is helping two people after a fire Monday morning at an apartment near Louisiana and Lomas. Crews arrived at around 5 a.m. and took about 20 minutes to put out a fire that was contained to one apartment. Another apartment has water and smoke damage. AFR ruled the fire as an accident.
Around 5 p.m. Sunday, a home on Tahiti, near Candelaria and Juan Tabo caught fire. Two people were inside but no one was seriously hurt. Firefighters contained the damage to the kitchen and the hallway.
AFR also ruled this fire as an accident.
The night before, a fire caused extensive damage to a mobile home on Cochiti Road, near Central and San Pedro. No one was hurt. However, AFR doesn’t have a cause for the fire yet.
AFR also responded to a kitchen fire Saturday afternoon at a home near Kirtland Air Force Base. They contained the fire to the kitchen. They reported no injuries.
