Three fires in 13-hour period, one man airlifted

A man had to be airlifted to a burn facility in Lubbock, Texas, after firefighters found him in a burning shed at the corner of Lohman Ave. and Solano Drive around 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 11.

Las Cruces firefighters were dispatched to a shed fire on Lohman and Solano shortly before 6 p.m. A bystander told firefighters a man might be inside the shed. Firefighters evacuated the man from the shed and he was transported to a local hospital but had to airlifted to the burn center in Lubbock.

The victim’s name and age have not been released. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Las Cruces firefighters were also called to a commercial structure fire earlier on Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. at Discount Tire, 420 S. Telshor Blvd. Firefighters encountered heavy smoke within the building.

Firefighters located the source of the fire in a second-floor storage area and extinguished it before it spread. There were no reported injuries in that fire and the business was able to remain open for the rest of the day. That fire also is under investigation.

A third fire that took place within the 13-hour period in Las Cruces happened at about 8:20 p.m. on Wednesday when a residential structure fire began in the 400 block of East Court Ave. Firefighters were able to distinguish the flames.

The residence was vacant and there were no reported injuries. The cause of that fire is also under investigation.