Firefighters quickly extinguish downtown Albuquerque fire at former Red Door Brewing site
Crews knocked down a fire at the former Red Door Brewing bar near Fifth Street in about 19 minutes, as downtown Albuquerque saw back-to-back fire responses.
Firefighters put out a blaze at the former Red Door Brewing Company bar in downtown Albuquerque, with smoke visible from the front of the building at 509 Central Ave. NW near Fifth Street. Crews got the fire under control in about 19 minutes, limiting damage at a location that sits in one of the city’s busiest pedestrian and traffic corridors.
The fire added to a stretch of recent downtown Albuquerque fire activity that has drawn Albuquerque Fire Rescue to several commercial buildings in the area. Another response sent crews to a downtown commercial building overnight, and a separate warehouse fire near Sixth and I-40 was reported around 4 a.m. Wednesday.
The former Red Door site is along Central Avenue, where businesses, office workers and drivers regularly pass through the heart of downtown. A fire at that address has the potential to disrupt nearby storefronts and the flow of people moving along Central and Fifth Street, especially when smoke is pushing out from the front of the building.
The pace of the response mattered. Crews knocked down the fire in less than 20 minutes, a relatively fast stop that likely kept the blaze from spreading farther into the building or affecting neighboring properties. In a downtown district with a mix of commercial buildings, restaurants and older structures, quick containment can make the difference between a contained incident and a broader block-level disruption.
The newer round of fire calls also points to the strain on downtown properties after dark and in the early morning hours, when commercial buildings may be empty and fires can build before anyone notices them. The warehouse fire near Sixth and I-40 was brought under control in about an hour, showing how fast Albuquerque Fire Rescue has had to move between separate downtown incidents in a short span.
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