A BUSY WEEKEND FOR ALBUQUERQUE FIRE CREWS. TWO OF THREE HOUSE FIRES THEY WERE SENT TO WAS IN THE 11-THOUSAND BLOCK OF LEXINGTON NORTHEAST. A FIRE THEY'D DOUSED THERE SHORTLY AFTER 6:00 SUNDAY NIGHT RE-IGNITED EARLY MONDAY. THE FIRST TRIP FOUND HEAVY SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM THE HOME'S ROOF. THE FIRE WAS OUT IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. BUT CREWS WERE CALLED BACK TO THE LOCATION AROUND 1:00 MONDAY MORNING. AGAIN, THEY HAD THE FIRE OUT IN MINUTES AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

ANOTHER FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE FIREPLACE OF A HOME IN THE 46 HUNDRED BLOCK OF GRANDE NORTHEAST AROUND 6 SUNDAY EVENING. THAT FIRE SPREAD QUICKLY INTO THE ATTIC SPACE ... THEN THE ROOF. BY THE TIME CREWS ARRIVED, IT WAS A FULL BLOWN STRUCTURE FIRE THAT THEY HAD EXTINGUISHED IN MINUTES. NO ONE WAS INJURED.