A TWO-ALARM BUILDING FIRE MONDAY AFTERNOON ON SECOND STREET AT THE RAILYARDS SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AND, SO FAR, IT’S REPORTEDLY DETERMINED THE FIRE WAS INTENTIONALLY SET. BUT MAYOR TIM KELLER SAYS THE FIRE WON’T AFFECT THE RAILYARDS MARKET WHICH IS OPEN ON SUNDAYS, MAY THROUGH OCTOBER.
A FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAYS A PERSON WAS SEEN LEAVING THE AREA AT THE TIME THE FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND 2:30PM. THAT PERSON HASN’T BEEN IDENTIFIED YET. THREE BUILDINGS WERE BURNED.
