ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A house fire that badly damaged a local home highlights a wiring risk tied to many New Mexico homes built in the 1960s and 1970s.
U.S. Census data shows about a quarter million homes in New Mexico were built in the 1960s or 1970s, including nearly 90,000 in Bernalillo County alone.
Electricians often used aluminum wiring from about 1965 to 1978 because copper cost more…