Roofing work causes fire at La Fonda
Tom Sharpe | The New Mexican
Posted: Friday, February 10, 2012 - 2/11/12
     
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A small fire broke out Friday morning at La Fonda, leaving a second-story portion of a north-facing exterior wall singed. 

Assistant Fire Chief Erik Litzenberg said a piece of insulation caught fire as a roofing crew heated up roofing materials. 

"That produced a huge amount of smoke, but did almost no damage whatsoever," he said. "It was very quickly extinguished. so it was really more of a show than anything else." 

Firefighters used their ladder truck to reach the smoldering area next to a balcony while police closed off the block of East San Francisco Street between Old Santa Fe Trail and Cathedral Place. 

By 11:30 a.m., crews were packing up their equipment. A city building permit poster was visible on the door to a vacant shop facing San Francisco Street, just below the singed portion of the wall. 







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