FIRE OFFICIALS ARE STILL INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE 4 BOSQUE FIRES THAT FLARED UP IN ALBUQUERQUE TUESDAY WERE HUMAN CAUSED. FIRE OFFICIALS CONSIDER THEM SUSPICIOUS BECAUSE OF HOW CLOSE THE FIRES WERE TO EACH OTHER. RESIDENTS WHO LIVE NEARBY ALSO THINK THE FIRES WERE DELIBERATELY SET.
FIRE CREWS STAYED ON SCENE OVERNIGHT, KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR HOT SPOTS . THE FIRST FIRE STARTED NEAR TINGLEY BEACH EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON … FOLLOWED BY THREE MORE BETWEEN BRIDGE AND RIO BRAVO. BY EARLY EVENING ALL OF THEM WERE OUT.
THE ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT ISSUED A REMINDER TUESDAY THAT THERE’S NO SMOKING ALLOWED IN THE BOSQUE … AND OPEN FIRES AND CAMPING ARE NOT ALLOWED. VIOLATORS COULD BE HIT WITH A 500 DOLLAR FINE AND/OR 90 DAYS IN JAIL.
