Families upset over sprinklers flooding, damaging graves at Fairview Memorial Park

Families upset over sprinklers flooding, damaging graves at Fairview Memorial Park

Families are upset after they say sprinklers flooded and damaged grave sites at Fairview Memorial Park in southeast Albuquerque. The post Families upset over sprinklers flooding, damaging graves at Fairview Memorial Park appeared first on KOB 4.

Families Forced to Scoop Water From Flooded Graves With Cups After Cemetery Sprinkler Runs for Three Days— Leaving Headstones Sunken and Loved Ones’ Resting Places Submerged

A sprinkler system at Fairview Memorial Park apparently had been running for three days flooding some 18 graves and headstones sunken into waterlogged earth that left families devastated. Relatives who visited their loved ones at the cemetery in southeast Albuquerque said they found submerged graves after an irrigation system was left running from Friday through Sunday. Some families had to use makeshift cups and cut-up water bottles to scoop wa…