Las Cruces duplex home partially collapses after explosion, fire
Gabrielle Lopez
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KVIA) — Las Cruces firefighters are putting out what the department called a “sudden” fire at a duplex home after a reported explosion Thursday.
The Las Cruces Fire Department said it happened on the 2600 block of Fairway Drive near CanAm Highway. Someone reported the explosion after 11 a.m., according to LCFD on Facebook.
Firefighters don’t know what caused the explosion. The fire that happened after damaged part of the duplex.
A part of the duplex collapsed.
LCFD said Fairway Drive between Telshor Boulevard and Don Roser Drive closed.