House catches fire in Yuma near 4th Avenue, firefighters respond

“On Monday at approximately 5:35pm, Rural Metro Fire responded to a report of a residential fire in the area of S Pacific Ave and S Calle,” the agency wrote on Instagram as crews arrived to fight flames that spread from a main house to an adjacent structure. KYMA, which published a story dated March 6, 2026, described the property as a two-story home that rented out rooms and said the fire moved into a smaller building on the side.

KYMA’s reporter on scene relayed observations of heavy smoke and visible fire damage to both structures; the station’s on-page copy states, “A residential building caught fire in Yuma,” and, “The fire spread in the main house and to a smaller building on the side.” Animal control was also on scene, KYMA noted, as crews worked to secure the perimeter and protect any animals housed at the property.

The two accounts show a location discrepancy: KYMA’s headline places the blaze “near 4th Avenue” while Rural Metro’s Instagram names the intersection of S Pacific Avenue and S Calle. Investigative follow-up is required to reconcile the address and the timing, since the Instagram post gives an approximate time of 5:35pm but does not display a calendar date in the excerpt available to reporters. KYMA’s article carries the March 6, 2026 dateline.

No source in the available reporting released information about injuries, fatalities, the number of people displaced, or the cause of the fire. The initial coverage emphasizes scene observations rather than official agency statements. As KYMA wrote on its page, “We’ll update this story as soon as we receive more information.” Local authorities to contact for confirmation include Rural Metro Fire for dispatch and incident times, Yuma Fire Department and Yuma Police Department for official incident reports, and Yuma Animal Control for details on any animals impacted.

The detail that the house “rented out rooms” raises immediate public-health and housing questions for Yuma County: shared-room rental properties can harbor multiple households and create complex displacement and access-to-care needs when disasters strike. Reporters and city officials will be looking to Yuma County building records and City of Yuma inspection histories to determine whether the property was licensed as a boarding or rental house and to check for past violations.

Photographs and on-scene video from KYMA’s reporter and the Rural Metro Instagram post are part of the developing record; Myers County agencies had not posted an official cause or casualty update in the material captured. Journalists will continue to seek Rural Metro Fire incident reports, Yuma Fire and Police statements, animal control records, and property ownership documents to provide clearer information to neighbors and tenants affected by the March 6 incident.