Wildfire burns several hundred acres and forces evacuations in Bastrop County Nov. 2024 (Photo credit Texas A&M Forest Service) An “extremely active” wildfire in Bastrop County started causing ...

A wildfire that erupted on Sunday in Bastrop County has been mostly contained following heavy overnight rainfall and a sustained emergency response, officials with the Texas A&M Forest Service ...

Officials have evacuated at least 60 households in Bastrop County due to a growing wildfire. The fire began east of downtown Bastrop just before 2 p.m. Sunday and quickly spread to 50 acres, ...

Images of a wildfire in Bastrop County that sparked Jan. 18, 2022 (Courtesy: Texas A&M Forest Service) Aviation resources have been ordered to assist, the Forest Service said.

BASTROP, Texas — The wildfire in Bastrop County, Texas, that started as a prescribed burn is now "under control and largely contained," according to the Bastrop County judge in a statement ...

BASTROP COUNTY, Texas — A 117-acre wildfire in Bastrop County is now fully contained. The fire – named the Powder Keg Pine fire – was in the vicinity of State Highway 71 and Harmon Road.

The historic wildfire started in Bastrop County in 2011 during the devastating summer drought that plagued the state. Colton Curles is the county's Community Risk Reduction Officer, and he was a ...

Before the 2011 wildfire, there were no emergency shelters in Bastrop County, so relief workers had to get creative to house the more than 1,600 families rendered homeless, Lowe said.

Update, 7:30 p.m. January 24: Texas A&M Forest Service reports the Rolling Pines wildfire in Bastrop County is 812 acres and is now 100 percent contained.

It's the second prescribed burn in that area of Bastrop County State Park since the Bastrop Complex wildfire of 2011 that burned about 53 square miles, destroyed nearly 1,700 homes and killed four ...

A wildfire that erupted on Sunday in Bastrop County has been mostly contained following heavy overnight rainfall and a sustained emergency response, officials with the Texas A&M Forest Service ...

BASTROP, Texas — The wildfire in Bastrop County, Texas, that started as a prescribed burn is now "under control and largely contained," according to the Bastrop County judge in a statement ...