Fire Critic An Unadulterated View of the Fire Service
Check out this time-lapse video of two buildings burning in Cloudcroft. Before they were done, the Fire Department had the buildings demolished.
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Pinestump Mall in Cloudcroft, N.M. on Monday, Dec. 13. The fire, which started at approximately 4 a.m., destroyed two buildings along the village's boardwalk on Burro Street. (J.R. Oppenheim / Alamogordo Daily News)
CLOUDCROFT — The village of Cloudcroft was shocked after a fire gutted a portion of its main shopping strip in a forest community that is a favorite retreat for residents of El Paso and Las Cruces.
The fire destroyed the Pine Stump Mall and the Copper Butterfly store on Burro Street — Cloudcroft’s main shopping strip — and dealt a severe blow to the economy of the mountain village that relies on visitors.
Cloudcroft Mayor Dave Venable said no one was injured in the fire and the buildings were unoccupied at the time of the blaze, which began around 4 a.m.
