AFR crews extinguish small fire at Burlington store in Cottonwood Commons

AFR crews extinguish small fire at Burlington store in Cottonwood Commons

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Fire Rescue extinguished a fire at the Burlington store located in Cottonwood Commons in northwest Albuquerque on Wednesday night.

AFR said firefighters found a small fire involving clothes and cleaning supplies inside a janitor’s closet in the back of the store around 8:35 p.m. An automatic sprinkler in the janitor’s closet went off, and firefighters extinguished the remaining fire with water cans. 


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Store employees and customers were evacuated, and no injuries were reported. AFR said damage was contained to the janitor’s closet, and a minor amount of smoke spread throughout the store.

Fire investigators are working to determine the cause of the fire. AFR said there were reports that the fire was set intentionally.

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