Las Cruces firefighters responded to an abandoned residential structure fire twice in less than 24 hours.
Firefighters were called to and extinguished a fire in a residential structure at about 10:45 a.m. Sunday morning on the 3300 block of Bataan Memorial. Up on arrival, fire crews encountered heavy smoke in one of the rooms. They were able to quickly extinguish the fire. A search of the home revealed no persons inside.
Crews were again called to the home, at about 2:45 a.m. Monday morning to find a working fire with heavy smoke throughout the structure. Crews remained on scene until 9:30 a.m., this morning to ensure hot spots were extinguished and that the home was not again trespassed upon.
No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
