THREE ALBUQUERQUE FAMILIES ARE OUT OF A HOME AFTER AN APARTMENT FIRE EARLY THURSDAY. AROUND 12:30 AM, CITY FIRE CREWS WERE SENT TO THE CITADEL APARTMENTS AT UNIVERSITY AND INDIAN SCHOOL, WHERE HEAVY SMOKE WAS COMING FROM A SECOND FLOOR UNIT. THEY CONTAINED THE FIRE TO THAT ONE APARTMENT. THE THREE DISPLACED FAMILIES ARE GETTING HELP FROM THE RED CROSS.

ANOTHER FIRE WAS CALLED IN JUST BEFORE 2 AM. WHEN CREWS ARRIVED AT THE FIRE BURNING AN ABANDONED HOUSE IN THE 13 HUNDRED BLOCK OF MICHELLE SOUTHWEST, THEY FOUND HEAVY SMOKE AND FLAMES SHOOTING OUT FROM TWO SIDES OF THE HOME. THAT FIRE IS UNDER CONTROL. A-F-D HAS YET TO SAY WHAT CAUSED EITHER STRUCTURE FIRE.