Staff photo by Fritz Busch NUFD extinguishes grassfire New Ulm firefighters extinguish a grassfire at the New Ulm City Cemetery from a grassrig and on foot early Tuesday afternoon. New Ulm Fire Chief Paul Macho said the fire call came in at 12:24 p.m. Firefighters used three fire engines, a grassrig and tanker on the fire that burned about five acres of grass. No injuries, building or gravestone damage were reported. The fire started while ground was being thawed for a burial. Firefighters spent about 90 minutes at the cemetery.

New Ulm firefighters extinguish a grass fire at the New Ulm City Cemetery from a grass rig and on foot early Tuesday afternoon. New Ulm Fire Chief Paul Macho said the fire call came in at 12:24 p.m. Firefighters used three fire engines, a grass rig and tanker on the fire that burned about five acres of grass. No injuries, building or gravestone damage were reported. The fire started while ground was being thawed for a burial. Firefighters spent about 90 minutes at the cemetery.