In brief: Crews put out blaze outside of thrift store

Sun-News report

LAS CRUCES - Firefighters extinguished a Christmas morning blaze that threatened a thrift store in west Las Cruces, according to Las Cruces Fire Department Lt. Jason Floyd.

The fire department was called to a report of a structure fire near Amador and Valley at around 4:30 a.m. Fire units located a large volume of fire burning on the exterior of Good Start Industries in the 400 block of South Valley Drive.

The building was not occupied at the time.

Crews extinguished the blaze within minutes of arrival and confined it to the outside of the structure, then forced entry and found no signs of fire extending into the store.

The fire caused minor structural damage and smoke was present throughout the entire building.

The total damage to the building and cause of the fire has not been determined.