BAD NEWS FOR AN ALBUQUERQUE FURNITURE BUSINESS. FIRE BROKE OUT AT THE RODEO RUSTIC FURNITURE STORE EARLY THURSDAY. ALBUQUERQUE FIRE CREWS WERE SENT TO THE 100 BLOCK OF CARLISLE NEAR CENTRAL AROUND 6:45 AM AND COULD SEE BROWN SMOKE COMING FROM THE BUILDING BEFORE THEY GOT THERE.
MELISSA ROMERO WITH A-F-D SAYS CREWS FORCED ENTRY INTO THE STRUCTURE AND HAD THE FIRE OUT IN ABOUT HALF AN HOUR. BUT SMOKE HAD, BY THAT TIME, DESTROYED MOST OF THE FURNITURE IN THE BUSINESS.
NO ONE WAS INSIDE AT THE TIME. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
