The Gallup Fire Department responded to two dumpster fires the morning of May 28.

First, the fire department was dispatched to the south side of town. When they arrived at the scene, they found a dumpster with an active fire in it. They deployed a hoseline and extinguished the fire.

Whille on the scene of that fire, the crew received another call, this time from the Gallup Police Department. The GPD reported a second dumpster with smoke coming out of it at a nearby business. A crew of firefighters also distinguished that fire.

No injuries were reported and the cause of the fires are under investigation.