FAMILIES DISPLACED BY APARTMENT FIRE

 

AN EIGHT-PLEX APARTMENT IN ALBUQUERQUE IS A TOTAL LOSS FOLLOWING A FIRE THURSDAY MORNING. A-F-D SAYS THEY WERE CALLED OUT TO 128 GLORIETA NORTHEAST JUST AFTER 6:30 AM. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY REPORTED A FULLY INVOLVED FIRE IN THE SOUTH COMPLEX THAT EXTENDED TO THE NORTH COMPLEX.

AN APD OFFICER AND AN OFF-DUTY COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT DIVISION CHIEF HELPED EVACUATE RESIDENTS BEFORE FIRE CREWS ARRIVED. THE OFFICER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL DUE TO MINOR SMOKE INHALATION. INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO WHAT SPARKED THE FIRE. .