Electrical Fire a Lesson for Everyone

AN INCIDENT WEDNESDAY MORNING MIGHT BE CONSIDERED A CLOSE CALL FOR ONE FAMILY AND A REMINDER FOR OTHERS IN ALBUQUERQUE. JUST BEFORE 10:00 AM, ALBUQUERQUE FIRE RESCUE WAS SENT TO A HOME IN THE 94-HUNDRED BLOCK OF ALAMEDA CONCERNING REPORTS OF SMOKE IN A TWO-STORY RESIDENCE THERE. WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY USING A THERMAL IMAGINING CAMERA TO DETERMINE THE ORIGIN OF THE SMOKE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM.

DAMAGE TO THE HOME WAS LIMITED. NO ONE WAS HURT. THE REMINDER: KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS AND ALWAYS HAVE AN ESCAPE PLAN IN MIND SHOULD A MORE SERIOUS FIRE DEVELOP.

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