Firefighters make fast work of car and garage fire in Albuquerque
Fire Rescue quickly focused on protecting the single-story, single-family home.
AIR AND ON YOUR KOAT APP. NOW A CAR FIRE SPREAD TO A GARAGE IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE, FORCING THE OWNER OUT OF HIS HOME. IT STARTED AROUND 230 THIS MORNING AT SAN JOAQUIN AVENUE, WEST OF WYOMING. CREWS WERE ABLE TO PUT EVERYTHING OUT IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES. NO ONE WAS HURT. THE CAR IN THE GARAGE WERE BADLY DAMAGED. THE HOMEOWNER NOW IS STAYING WITH OTHER FAMILY. AND IN WESTERN NEW MEXICO, THE MCKINLEY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING A DEADLY CRASH. IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON HASLER VALLEY ROAD IN GALLUP. DEPUTIES SAY THE VEHICLE FLEW OFF THE ROAD AND WENT INTO A DITCH. THE DRIVER DIED AND WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE ONLY PERSON IN THE VEHICLE. THEIR NAME HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED. DEPUTIES SAY ALCOHOL MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR IN THAT CRASH. SWITCHING GEARS NOW, WE ARE CHALLENGING RECORD WARMTH ACROSS THE STATE. IT IS GORGEOUS OUT THERE. IS CHRISTIANA WITH YOUR FORECAST? IT’S BEEN REALLY GREAT. THIS WEEKEND I WENT ON A HOT AIR BALLOON RIDE FOR THE FIRST TIME. WHAT BETTER PLACE TO DO IT THAN RIGHT HERE IN NEW MEXICO? I’LL HAVE TO SHOW YOU GUYS SOME PHOTOS. REALLY BEAUTIFUL WEATHER CARRYING INTO THE START OF OUR WORKWEEK. YOU CAN SEE TEMPERATURES ALREADY IN THE MID AND UPPER 50S, ABOUT 48 DEGREES RIGHT NOW IN FARMINGTON. SOME PARTS OF THE STATE, THOUGH, WE ARE GOING TO BE CHALLENGING RECORDS THIS AFTERNOON. AS YOU CAN SEE, SANTA FE FARMINGTON GOING TO BE CHALLENGING YOUR RECORDS OF 62 AND 63 DEGREES. EVEN ALBUQUERQUE, WE’RE HITTING 67 THIS AFTERNOON. OUR RECORD IS 69 DEGREES. ROSWELL IS GOING TO BE WARM IN THE 70S, ONE OF THE WARMEST SPOTS THROUGHOUT OUR STATE. NOT QUITE NEAR YOUR RECORD OF 83 DEGREES, BUT STILL WARM OUT THERE. WE’RE CARRYING THE WARMTH INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT THERE IS A SILVER LINING. SOME RAIN AND SNOW. WE’LL TALK ABOUT IT. THANK YOU CHRISTIANA. HAPPENING TODAY IN LAS CRUCES. JURY SELECTION BEGINS TODAY FOR ONE OF THE FOUR SUSPECTS IN LAST YEAR’S DEADLY YOUNG PARK SHOOTING. TOMAS RIVAS FACES FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER CHARGES. THE ATTACK CAME DURING AN UNAUTHORIZED CAR SHOW ON MARCH 21ST. THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 15 OTHERS INJURED. HURT. RIVAS IS THE FIRST OF THE FOUR TO FACE TRIAL. AND WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A DEADLY SHOOTING INVOLVING LAS CRUCES POLICE, THE DEPARTMENT SAYS. AN OFF-DUTY OFFICER WAS AT THE WALMART NEAR SOUTH VALLEY DRIVE EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING AS HE WAS CHECKING OUT A REPORTED STOLEN BIKE. THE OFFICER FOUND THE SUSPECT AND ATTEMPTED TO ARREST HIM. THAT’S WHEN THEY SAY THE MAN FIRED A GUN AT THE OFFICER, THEN RAN OFF. GUNFIRE WAS EXCHANGED BACK AND FORTH. ADDITIONAL OFFICERS RESPONDED, TRYING TO MAKE A PERIMETER OF THE AREA, AND DURING THAT RESPONSE THERE WAS ADDITIONAL EXCHANGES OF GUNFIRE. IT WAS DURING THAT ANOTHER RESPONDING OFFICER THEN SHOT AND KILLED THAT SUSPECT. THE PERSON’S NAME HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED AND INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY. AND THE SEARCH FOR NANCY GUTHRIE CONTINUING INTO ITS NINTH DAY. NOW, OFFICIALS STILL WITHOUT A SUSPECT IN THE ABDUCTION. ABC’S ALISON KOSIK HAS THE LATEST. THIS MORNING, THE URGENT SEARCH FOR NANCY GUTHRIE IS INTO ITS SECOND WEEK. ON SUNDAY, INVESTIGATORS RETURNED TO HER HOME FROM WHERE THEY SAY SHE WAS TAKEN AGAINST HER WILL MORE THAN A WEEK AGO. IN A VIDEO POSTED OVER THE WEEKEND, DAUGHTER SAVANNAH GUTHRIE TOLD POTENTIAL CAPTORS SHE AND HER SIBLINGS ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR THEIR MOTHER’S RETURN. WE RECEIVED YOUR MESSAGE AND WE UNDERSTAND. WE BEG YOU NOW TO RETURN OUR MOTHER TO US SO THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE WITH HER. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE WILL HAVE PEACE. THIS IS VERY VALUABLE TO US AND WE WILL PAY. LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TOLD ABC NEWS SHE WAS REFERRING TO A MESSAGE SENT FRIDAY TO A TUCSON TELEVISION STATION. THE FBI AND PIMA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAID THEY WERE ANALYZING IT, BUT HAVE NOT DETERMINED ITS AUTHENTICITY. I THINK WHAT THEY’RE TRYING TO DO IS GENTLY PUSH THE ABDUCTORS TO FINISH THIS DEAL. THE FBI HAS NOT SAID WHETHER ANY OF THE MESSAGES FROM THE SUPPOSED KIDNAPERS ARE CREDIBLE, BUT THEY ARE TAKING THEM SERIOUSLY. AND EARLIER MESSAGE MAY DEMAND FOR BITCOIN AND ESTABLISHED TWO DEADLINES, ONE LAST WEEK AND ANOTHER DEADLINE TODAY. OVER THE WEEKEND, INVESTIGATORS WERE ALSO SPOTTED AT THE NEARBY HOME OF SAVANNAH’S SISTER ANNIE. EARLIER, THEY EXAMINED CAMERAS ON THE ROOF OF NANCY’S HOUSE AND KNOCKED ON THE DOORS OF HER NEIGHBORS. THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAYS THIS REMAINS AN ACTIVE AND ONGOING INVESTIGATION. DETECTIVES AND AGENTS CONTINUE TO CONDUCT FOLLOW UP AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, BUT AFTER A FULL WEEK OF SEARCHING, THEY STILL HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED ANY SUSPECTS, PERSONS OF INTEREST OR VEHICLES CONNECTED TO THIS CASE. AMEN. DURING A WEEKEND SERVICE STREAMED ON FACEBOOK, PARISHIONERS AT NANCY GUTHRIE’S CHURCH WHO FIRST NOTICED HER ABSENCE SAID PRAYERS FOR HER SAFE RETURN. WE PRAY FOR NANCY’S RESCUE AND HER RELEASE. BRING HER HOME SAFELY. THE FBI IS OFFERING A $50,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION THAT COULD LEAD TO THE RECOVERY OF NANCY GUTHRIE AND OR AN ARREST AND CONVICTION IN HER ABDUCTION. ALISON KOSIK, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. THANK YOU. ALISON. THE ADS PROMISE THE MOON QUICK CASH MIRACLE, WEIGHT LOSS OR CHEAP DESIGNER GOODS. THEY ARE FLOODING FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM FEEDS. MANY OF THEM ARE SCAMS. REUTER INVESTIGATION ALLEGES THE PARENT COMPANY OF FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM, META EARNED BILLIONS FROM FRAUDULENT ADS. SOME USERS SAY THEY NEVER RECEIVED THE PRODUCTS THAT THEY PAID FOR. OTHERS REPORT STOLEN CREDIT CARD INFORMATION AFTER CLICKING ADS THAT APPEARED LEGIT. PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO US. YEAH, I SAW THIS AD ON FACEBOOK. SEEMED TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. AND GUESS WHAT IT WAS? WE ALWAYS KNEW THERE WERE SOME FRAUDULENT ADS THERE, BUT THEY DID A DEEP DIVE AND SAID THAT UP TO 10% OF THE COMPANY’S GLOBAL REVENUE WAS COMING FOR ADS FOR SCAMS, OR FOR OTHER ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. IF IT SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, CONSUMER REPORTS SAYS SCAM ADS ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON. EXPERTS URGE USERS TO BE SKEPTICAL AND REPORT ANYTHING THAT LOOKS SUSPICIOUS. IN THE NATIONWIDE SPREAD OF MEASLES NOW FORCING LEADERS IN WASHINGTON TO TAKE EFFORTS AGAINST THE VIRUS. ABC’S REENA ROY HAS MORE. GROWING CONCERN. AS THE NUMBER OF MEASLES CASES RISES IN THE U.S. WITH MORE THAN 700 CASES REPORTED SO FAR IN 2026, WE’RE NOW SEEING OVER FOUR TIMES THE NUMBER OF CASES THAN WE TYPICALLY SEE THROUGHOUT AN ENTIRE YEAR, THE CDC SAYS. 20 STATES HAVE REPORTED CASES FROM CALIFORNIA AND OREGON TO VIRGINIA AND FLORIDA, WHERE AT LEAST TWO UNIVERSITIES HAVE REPORTED CASES. ALL OF MY FRIENDS HAVE SAID PEOPLE HAVE COME DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS. ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT STATES, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE AT LEAST 900 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INFECTED SINCE THE OUTBREAK STARTED IN OCTOBER. THE LARGEST MEASLES OUTBREAK IN THE U.S. SINCE THE VIRUS WAS DECLARED ELIMINATED IN 2000. HUNDREDS IN THE STATE UNDER QUARANTINE. ERICA PACE, WHO LIVES THERE, RECENTLY CAME DOWN WITH THE MEASLES. SHE SAYS HER SYMPTOMS STARTED WITH BODY ACHES AND IT WENT DOWNHILL FROM THERE. I STARTED SHOWING A LOT OF SYMPTOMS OF IT, AND THAT’S WHEN I DECIDED WHEN MY RASH CAME OUT. THAT’S WHEN I DECIDED TO GO GET TESTED FOR IT. UNVACCINATED CHILDREN MAKE UP THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES. ACCORDING TO SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DATA, MORE THAN 80% HAD NOT RECEIVED THE MMR VACCINE. THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES, DOCTOR MEHMET OZ, URGING AMERICANS TO GET THEIR SHOTS. IN AN INTERVIEW ON CNN. THE VACCINE, PLEASE. WE HAVE A SOLUTION FOR A PROBLEM. NOT ALL ILLNESSES ARE EQUALLY DANGEROUS, AND NOT ALL PEOPLE ARE EQUALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THOSE ILLNESSES. BUT MEASLES IS ONE YOU SHOULD GET YOUR VACCINE. OFFICIALS ARE URGING PEOPLE TO LOOK OUT FOR SYMPTOMS, INCLUDING FEVER, RED EYES AND EVENTUALLY THAT UNMISTAKABLE RASH. AND UNLESS IT’S A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, CALL AHEAD BEFORE SEEKING HEALTH CARE TO AVOID EXPOSING OTHERS. REENA ROY, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. THANK YOU. REENA. NEW ON SEVEN. ELON MUSK SAYS HE WANTS TO HELP CREATE A CITY ON THE MOON. HE SAYS HE’S PRIORITIZING THIS OVER HIS PLAN FOR A MARS SETTLEMENT. THE SPACEX FOUNDER SAYS A MOON CITY IS FASTER AND EASIER OPTION. HE ESTIMATES IT COULD HAPPEN IN LESS THAN A DECADE, WHILE HIS MARS PLAN COULD TAKE MORE THAN 20 YEARS. MUSK ALSO NOTES IT’S EASIER TO GET THE MOON TO THE MOON THAN TO MARS. NASA HAS A SIMILAR LUNAR LUNAR PLAN TO HELP GROW A HUMAN PRESENCE ON THE MOON. STILL TO COME, NMSU HELPING TO BRING ATTENTION TO AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO HAVE HAD A BIG IMPACT ON OUR STATE. WE HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THAT STUDENT LED PROJECT AND VALENTINE’S DAY IS COMING UP THIS WEEKEND, WHERE YOU CAN GO TO GET YOUR GIFT FOR THAT LOVE, FOR THAT SPECIAL LOVED ONE AND THE AUDIBLE YOU MAY NEED TO CALL IF YOU PLAN ON TYINGYOU’RE WATCH SEVEN NEWS. NEW ON SEVEN. AN ENDANGERED BAT SPECIES HAS TRAVELED FURTHER NORTH INTO NEW MEXICO THAN EVER BEFORE. ACCORDING TO THE JOURNAL, SCIENTISTS SAY THE MEXICAN LONG NOSED BAT HAS MADE ITS WAY INTO THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST. THEY SAY IT’S DUE TO THE FLOWERING OF AGAVE PLANTS IN THE AREA, WITH MORE RAIN IN THE FOREST CONTRIBUTING TO THE FLOWERS EARLIER BLOOM. THE GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT IS INVESTING $100,000 OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO HELP STUDY THEIR MOVEMENT. AND ALL MONTH LONG, OUR TEAM HERE AT KOAT IS CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND ONE STATE UNIVERSITY IS DOING THEIR PART TO BRING LIGHT TO AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN NEW MEXICO. NMSU IS HOSTING AN EXHIBIT ON JUST THAT. IT’S CALLED STORIES OF BLACK LIFE IN NEW MEXICO AND HIGHLIGHTS STORIES OFTEN OVERLOOKED OR UNHEARD IN OUR REGION. PROFESSOR DOCTOR LAURA HOOTEN SAYS THE PROJECT WAS ENTIRELY LED BY STUDENTS. WHAT THEY BROUGHT TO THE TABLE WAS A MUCH BROADER KIND OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE COMMUNITIES, NOT AS ONE OFFS OR SINGLE EVENTS IN NEW MEXICO OR SINGLE PLACES IN NEW MEXICO, BUT PART OF A MUCH LARGER KIND OF COMMUNITY’S HISTORY. THE EXHIBIT IS CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY AT THE ZOO LIBRARY AT THE NMSU CAMPUS IN LAS CRUCES, AND THE VALENTINE’S MARKET AT THE RAILYARDS IN ALBUQUERQUE WILL BE BACK IN JUST A FEW DAYS. IT RUNS THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. CELEBRATING LOVE, COMMUNITY AND WILL BE FULL OF LOCAL FLAIR. YOU CAN EXPECT FLOWERS, CHOCOLATES, PLENTY OF HOMEMADE GOODS. BEST OF ALL, IT IS FREE TO ATTEND. IT WILL RUN BOTH FROM BOTH DAYS, FROM 10 TO 4 P.M. GOOD PLACE TO CALL THAT AUDIBLE. AND IF YOU’RE PLANNING A COURTHOUSE WEDDING IN ALBUQUERQUE, YOU MAY NEED A BACKUP PLAN. THE METRO COURT WILL NOT WILL NOT HOLD ITS ANNUAL VALENTINE’S DAY WEDDING EVENT THIS YEAR. IT’S BECAUSE THE HOLIDAY LINES UP ON ON THE WEEKEND. JUDGES WILL CONTINUE TO PERFORM WEDDINGS ON WEEKDAYS AT NO COST. COMING UP, RAW MILK LEGAL IN PARTS OF NEW MEXICO, BUT CAN BE DEADLY IF CONSUMED BY SOME DOCTOR, EXPLAINS THE DANGERS AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF INTRIGUING COMMERCIALS FROM LAST NIGHT’S GAME. DANNY NEW BREAKS DOWN THE BEST OF THE BEST WHEN W
Firefighters make fast work of car and garage fire in Albuquerque
Fire Rescue quickly focused on protecting the single-story, single-family home.
A vehicle fire that began around 2:30 a.m. Monday spread into a garage at 8305 San Joaquin Ave. SE by the time firefighters arrived, an Albuquerque Fire Rescue news release said.AFR’s first responders immediately focused on protecting the single-story, single-family home on the property from the fire, which was brought under control within 10 minutes of the arrival of more personnel and equipment.No firefighters or residents were injured, but the vehicle was a complete loss and the garage had fire, smoke and water damage. The occupant of the house was displaced but able to stay with family who lived nearby.The cause of the fire is being investigated, but has not yet been determined.
A vehicle fire that began around 2:30 a.m. Monday spread into a garage at 8305 San Joaquin Ave. SE by the time firefighters arrived, an Albuquerque Fire Rescue news release said.
AFR’s first responders immediately focused on protecting the single-story, single-family home on the property from the fire, which was brought under control within 10 minutes of the arrival of more personnel and equipment.
No firefighters or residents were injured, but the vehicle was a complete loss and the garage had fire, smoke and water damage. The occupant of the house was displaced but able to stay with family who lived nearby.
The cause of the fire is being investigated, but has not yet been determined.
