58 VEHICLES ARE DESTROYED OR DAMAGED IN AN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FIRE IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. CITY FIRE CREWS WERE SENT TO THE 11-HUNDRED BLOCK OF CARDENAS SOUTHEAST SHORTLY AFTER 12:30 THIS (FRI) MORNING. ON ARRIVAL, THEY FOUND A NUMBER OF CARS ON FIRE UNDER A LARGE METAL CARPORT.
CREWS BROUGHT THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES. THAT’S WHEN THEY NOTED THERE WERE 70 TO 80 VEHICLES THAT HAD BEEN DESTROYED OR DAMAGED BY THE FIRE, WHICH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL ON SCENE AND MELISSA ROMERO WITH THE ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS SHE’LL UPDATE NEWSRADIO KKOB WHEN MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
Revision: It was earlier reported that up to 80 vehicles were destroyed.
