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Grass fire contained near Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Northern Colorado

By Austen Erblat

Updated on: June 16, 2025 / 4:03 PM MDT / CBS Colorado

Grass fire contained near Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Erie

Police say a vehicle sparked a grass fire near Mount Pleasant Cemetery in the Northern Colorado town of Erie, but it was contained less than 30 minutes after it was first reported.

Few details were immediately available, but the Erie Police Department tweeted about the fire just before 3:30 p.m. and about 20 minutes later, Mountain View Fire Rescue said it had been extinguished.

A grass fire was reported near the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Erie, Colorado on Monday, June 16, 2025. Erie Police Department

The cemetery is north of Weld County Road 8 and just west of Colliers Boulevard and Erie sits in Weld County, about 30 miles north of Denver.

Austen Erblat

Austen Erblat is a digital producer and assignment editor at CBS News Colorado and is Covering Colorado First. Originally from South Florida, he's been working as a journalist in Denver since 2022.