Albuquerque –
On Tuesday, October 1st, 2024, at approximately 2:31 PM, Albuquerque Fire Rescue was called to 416 California SE after receiving reports of a potential house fire at a single-family home. Engine 11 was the first unit on the scene and confirmed an active structure fire.
Firefighters worked quickly and were able to bring the fire under control within 10 minutes of their arrival. Thankfully, no injuries were reported among civilians or firefighters. The home was an abandoned, boarded-up property.
The cause of the fire remains undetermined, and no further information is available at this time.
At around 7:56 PM, on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, Albuquerque Fire Rescue was called to 376 58th Street NW after receiving reports of a possible house fire. When the first unit, Rescue 7, arrived on the scene, they found visible smoke and flames coming from the single-family home.
Firefighters were able to bring the fire under control within 12 minutes of arriving. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported, either to residents or firefighters. However, the home has been declared uninhabitable due to the damage.
The property owner was not present during the incident. The cause of the fire is currently being investigated by the AFR’s Arson Division, but no additional information is available at this time.
I own a home about a 1/4 mile west of the San Mateo/Kathryn intersection just on the edge of the International Drug District (IDD), aka War Zone. The neighborhood is nicknamed “Fringecrest” but I prefer “war zone light”. I own an 8-unit complex about 1/4 mile east of the same intersection in the IDD. In Sept, 2023 my USAA property insurance on the apartments went up 45% while on my home went up 5%. I had not filed any claims on either property since 2018. I called USAA why the discrepancy, but I could get no answer. The only possible explanation in the discrepancy of is the increase in arson, vandalism, and other crime in the IDD. The zombie apocalypse means much higher insurance rates on my apartments. Liberals say “Oh there are so many unhoused because of greedy slumlords”. Well there are greedy slumlords, but the zombie apocalypse has also dramatically increased the cost of maintaining and insuring apartments. Arson is a big problem in the IDD. On my street, in the past few years, a 4-plex, a dumpster, and a communication junction box have caught on fire thanks to the zombie apocalypse.