The Chamis and Kelly Accounting and Insurance office, off Riverside Drive, burned fiercely Sunday morning, taking boxes of paperwork with it.
Española Fire Lt. Johnny Martinez said the cause of the fire was not clear, but firefighters received the call at 2:30 a.m., Sunday.
“We ended up calling the state fire marshal’s office,” Martinez said. “It was suspicious and it’s under investigation.” Martinez said, by the time firefighters arrived, the whole front of the trailer was in flames and the rest of it was burning, as well.
“It went up so quick, we’re sure there was a fuel load in that place, what with all the files and paperwork,” he said. “It took us a while to just put it out. Then we had a flare-up from the piles (of paper). That thing burned really hot.”
Martinez said trailers usually burn fast, once they get going. Although they had finally put out the fire by 6 a.m., they stayed on-scene until a little after the state fire marshal arrived.
“I think we cleared around 8:20 (a.m.),” Martinez said.