Sinkhole swallows vehicles, forces evacuations in Las Cruces

PHOTO: A large sinkhole swallowed two cars and forced the evacuation of a few homes in Las Cruces on Monday night. According to the Las Cruces Fire Department, firefighters were called to the 1700 block of Regal Ridge Street for a report of a sinkhole. When crews arrived, they found a sinkhole 30 feet deep and 30 feet wide. The sinkhole swallowed two cars that were parked in the driveway of a house. As a precaution, three homes in the area of the sinkhole were evacuated, and the Red Cross is helping those impacted. Local utility companies were called to evaluate any possible damage to infrastructure. Regal Ridge Street will be closed until crews can find the cause of the sinkhole and determine whether or not the street is safe.
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Albuquerque Fire Rescue donates decommissioned ambulance to Ukraine

VIDEO: It helped carry thousands of people in medical emergencies through Albuquerque for years. Now the city is donating a decommissioned ambulance to help thousands of people in the war-torn country of Ukraine. “I want to thank everyone who helped us, who stay with Ukraine,” said Nataliya Edelman, with Ukrainian Americans of New Mexico. The second largest city in Ukraine will soon have a piece of New Mexico’s largest city helping on its streets. AFR is donating a decommissioned ambulance which will now make its way to the sister city of Kharkiv. “A first time a city such as Albuquerque entered into that type of relationship with a city in crisis,” said Max Gruner, CABQ economic development director. The unit has been helping Albuquerque out since 2011 and now, it heads thousands of miles away to help those in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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