ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — Fire crews are on the scene of a fire in the area of 4th Street and Arvada Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. Albuquerque Fire Rescue said the fire originated from inside the AA Events and Tents building, formerly known as Garcia’s Tents, which is located south of Menaul. The fire sent two people to the hospital.
Crews are now working strictly from the outside of the building because conditions inside have become too dangerous. “Right now, this fire is defensive, meaning we pulled all crews fighting the fire inside and pulled them out. That’s for a number of reasons, the fire load on the inside, this was a deep-seated, well-involved fire, and we actually ran into some difficulties of firefighters becoming disoriented inside the structure,” said Lt. Jason Fejer, AFR.
Fire activity has decreased, but they expect to be working the scene for several more hours. The cause of the fire is under investigation…