YOU COULD SEE THE FLAMES FROM MILES AWAY. AN ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT LOUISIANA AND COMANCHE CAUGHT FIRE ON WEDNESDAY. IT TOOK JUST MINUTES FOR CITY FIRE CREWS TO PUT IT OUT AND THE BUILDING IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THIS FALL.
BUT ALBUQUERQUE FIRE RESCUE LIEUTENANT TOM RUIZ SAYS IT WAS SOME INSULATION AT THE WORK SITE THAT CAUGHT FIRE. WORKERS SAID A WELDER WAS DOING SOME OF THE WORK AND IT’S BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE WELDER SPARKED THE FIRE.