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CBS News
5 days ago
- Automotive
- CBS News
Grass fire reported near Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Northern Colorado
People are being asked to avoid the area of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in the Northern Colorado town of Erie after police say a vehicle sparked a grass fire. Few details were immediately available, but the Erie Police Department tweeted about the fire just before 3:30 p.m. and said Mountain View Fire Rescue is responding. 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.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Yahoo
Family comes to pay respects to mother of 4 killed in house fire
WELD COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — A Weld County family gathered Monday night outside the home they lost to fire to remember their mother, who did not make it out alive. Early Friday morning, Mountain View Fire Rescue responded to the blaze off of Highway 119, near Weld County Road 7, just east of Longmont. Former funeral director who left body in hearse for over a year gets maximum sentence Relatives say 46-year-old Rosa Maria Borrego perished in the blaze. Another family member was rushed to the hospital with burns. At Monday's vigil, in front of where the family's house once stood, red balloons floated in a slight breeze. 'Her favorite color was red,' said her son, Jovanny Soto. 'She always said, if anything happened to her, she wanted everyone to say 'goodbye' to her in red.' Soto said that the vigil will be a nightly one, for a total of nine days. 'We're praying for her, for safe travels, to be with our Lord Savior Jesus,' Soto said. A spokesperson for Mountain View Fire Rescue says an official cause could be released Tuesday or Wednesday. The family has started this GoFundMe Page to help with funeral and living expenses. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
06-06-2025
- CBS News
Woman's body is found in Colorado home that caught fire
A woman's body was found on Friday during a search through a burned Colorado home. CBS Mountain View Fire Rescue responded to a property off of Highway 119 just after 3:30 a.m. The home there that was burning is located in Weld County, east of Longmont. It took about 20 minutes to get the flames knocked down, and several more hours for the fire to be considered fully out. Mountain View Fire Rescue Six people were in the home when the fire started. One person was taken to the hospital and treated for burn injuries while others were evaluated at the scene. Mountain View Fire Rescue After crews searched the home, they found the woman dead inside. Her identity has not been released. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Yahoo
1 person taken to hospital with burn injuries after house fire east of Longmont early Friday morning
DENVER (KDVR) — One person was taken to the hospital with burn injuries after a residential structure fire off Colorado Highway 119, east of Longmont early Friday morning. Mountain View Fire Rescue said as of around 7:30 a.m. its crews were still on the scene of the house fire, where they are currently conducting a search of the home. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox MVFR's Engine 201 was dispatched to the residence before 3:40 a.m. after a call came in about flames in a home behind a commercial building near the intersection of Weld County Road 7 and Colorado Highway 119, MVFR said. The fire district said backup was called after fire crews arrived and discovered the home was 'fully involved,' and that it took about 20 minutes to get the blaze under control and several hours before it was fully out. Six people were in the home at the time the fire started, with one taken to the hospital with burn injuries and 'several others' evaluated at the scene, MVFR said. Investigators, as of around 7:30 a.m., were on scene to try and figure out how the fire started. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Crews respond to residential controlled fire near Longmont that spread to neighbor's field
Crews responded to a report of a wildland fire Thursday afternoon north of Longmont. Just before 2:30 p.m. Thursday, fire crews responded to a fire near the intersection of Vermillion Road and North 115th Street, according to Mountain View Fire Rescue's Facebook post. As crews arrived, they discovered a residential controlled burn that escaped containment and spread to a neighbor's field, according to the post. However, officials said crews were able to stop the growth of the fire before any structures were damaged. No fire crews were injured during the incident, according to the post. Assisting agencies include Mountain View Fire Rescue, Longmont Fire Department and Boulder County Fire Management.
