A TENSE SITUATION IN ALBUQUERQUE’S BOSQUE MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT CALLS AROUND 4PM FROM RESIDENTS LIVING WEST OF COORS NEAR THE RIO GRANDE ABOUT A FIRE THERE. CITY FIRE CREWS SAY THE FLAMES WERE INITIALLY REPORTED TO BE 8 TO 10 FEET HIGH. BY 5PM, CREWS HAD THOSE FLAMES SURROUNDED.
CREWS LATER CONTAINED THE FIRE AND BY 6PM IT WAS OUT. FIREFIGHTERS WORKED QUICKLY AND AGGRESSIVELY ON THE FIRE BECAUSE OF THE DRY CONDITIONS AND HIGH WINDS THAT KICKED UP MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE FIRE GREW TO ONLY SIX ACRES. IT’S CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
