Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Clovis firefighters use Class A foam to put out a garage fire at 1108 Sunrise Boulevard on Saturday.
BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS
CLOVIS - Local firefighters were busy on Saturday responding to a pair of fires that both started close to 11 a.m.
Clovis Fire Battallion Chief Joel Gershon said a 400-acre grassfire started around 11 a.m. on County Road M and County Road 14.
He said the blaze was out by around 1 p.m. after eight engines from Clovis, Texico and Pleasant Hill responded.
Gershon said the fire threatened several houses and cars, but none were destroyed or affected. He said one residence was evacuated due to a large amount of smoke in the area.
He said it is unknown how the fire started and the fire department will not continue to investigate because in cases where a grassfire covers such a large area, the cause of fire is hard to determine unless the source is blatantly obvious.
Gershon said the fire department also responded to a garage fire at 1108 Sunrise Boulevard that started around 11:15 and was out by noon.
He said the detached double-car garage where the fire started was completely destroyed and there were some minor damages to the trailer house on the property, both of which were unoccupied at the time.
Gershon said the cause of the fire was undetermined following an investigation.
