ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATORS NOW SAY A SUNDAY NIGHT FIRE AT AN ABANDONED HOME WAS A CASE OF ARSON. CREWS WERE SENT TO THE FIRE AT 625 JAMES AVENUE NORTHWEST NEAR 4TH AND GRIEGOS AROUND 6:40 SUNDAY NIGHT. THEY FOUND SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM THE ROOF WHEN THEY ARRIVED AND QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.

CREWS SEARCHED THE HOUSE TO SEE IF ANYONE WAS INSIDE, BUT IT WAS EMPTY. THERE ARE YET NO SUSPECTS, SO THE FIRE IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED. IT'S THE SECOND FIRE AT THE EMPTY HOME.

MEANWHILE, THE SAFE CITY STRIKE FORCE HAS DECLARED THE PROPERTY SUBSTANDARD AND COULD DEMOLISH IT WEDNESDAY.