AFR investigates fire on APS property

by: KRQE Media

Posted: Feb 13, 2020 / 09:54 AM MST / Updated: Feb 14, 2020 / 07:37 AM MST

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Firefighters battled a fire at an Albuquerque Public Schools storage yard on Thursday morning. The structure fired happened on 2nd Street and Menaul where portables and other unused items are stored.

A portable appeared to be destroyed. Officials haven’t determined a cause of the fire but KRQE News 13 was told that homeless individuals do frequent the area.

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