Outlet fire displaces Albuquerque woman from her home

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – She’s lived in her Albuquerque home for over two decades, but a fire will keep her out of it for months. That fire didn’t start with a stove or dryer but with an electrical outlet.

It’s the kind of phone call that makes everything stop. “Your house is on fire,” said Nicolina Nicthe-Pharr.

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Her first thought wasn’t about her house near Menaul and Moon but rather, who was inside. “I don’t know where the dogs are. I don’t know where the animals are. I have three dogs and two cats,” said Nicthe-Pharr…

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