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Firefighters Use Cemetery Sprinklers To Fight Grass Fires

BRIGHTON, Colo. (CBS4) - Firefighters responded to multiple small grass fires that broke out along Highway 85 in Brighton Monday afternoon.

The fires were burning in a strip of grass right along U.S. 85 near Bromley Lane.

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Firefighters could be seen using sprinklers that were spraying at a nearby cemetery to help fight the fires.

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grass fire
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Southbound U.S. 85 had to be closed at Bromley Lane while crews battled the fires. Northbound lanes remained open.

Well, that's one way for firefighters to put out a blaze...use the sprinklers! ???? http://cbsloc.al/2d4F35i

Posted by CBS Denver on Monday, September 26, 2016

No structures were threatened.

It's not clear how large the burn area was.

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