RIO RANCHO AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT COULD BE A SERIES OF ARSON FIRES. ONE OF FOUR STRUCTURE FIRES THAT FLARED UP IN RIO RANCHO IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS IS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN INTENTIONALLY SET. THAT FROM RIO RANCHO FIRE RESCUE … WHICH RESPONDED TO THOSE FIRES.
THE FIRES ALL OCCURRED IN THE AREA AROUND 19TH AND 20TH AVENUE AND GOLF COURSE. JESSICA DURON-MARTINEZ SAYS A NEIGHBOR RECORDED VIDEO FROM A SECURITY CAMERA SHOWING A PERSON ENTERING AND LEAVING THERE AREA OF ONE OF THE FIRES. THAT INDIVIDUAL IS NOW BEING SOUGHT AS A “PERSON OF INTEREST.”
THERE’S NO DEFINITIVE EVIDENCE YET ON THE OTHER THERE FIRES … BUT THEY’RE CONSIDERED SUSPICIOUS.
