QUICK WORK BY ALBUQUERQUE FIREFIGHTERS MONDAY KEPT AN APARTMENT FIRE FROM SPREADING. LT. TOM RUIZ WITH A-F-D SAYS WHEN CREWS ARRIVED, SMOKE AND FLAMES WERE COMING FROM ONE UNIT OF THE TWO STORY COMPLEX ON PENNSYLVANIA NEAR INDIAN SCHOOL. HE SAYS THE OCCUPANT OF THE AFFECTED APARTMENT WAS OUT IN TIME, GIVING FIREFIGHTERS THE ROOM TO GET THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL.
RUIZ SAYS FOUR CATS WERE ALSO SAVED FROM THE FIRE. 11 UNITS AND 30 FIRE DEPT PERSONNEL RESPONDED. HE SAYS THE FIRE HAS BEEN RULED ACCIDENTAL.
