ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque Fire Rescue investigators believe two Rio Grande bosque fires near Tingley Beach were human-caused Thursday.
AFR units first responded to the fires Thursday at around 1:37 p.m. They found flame lengths between 10 and 15 feet from a fire on the east side of the river and a fire on the west side. They attacked the fires at all angles, including from an APD airboat on the Rio Grande.
By 3:04 p.m., they contained the fire. By 8:49 p.m., they brought it under control. They declared it out 13 minutes later. They estimate the fires burned a total of five acres…