Central Texas is under another red flag warning and the Austin Fire Department is on high alert responding to around double the normal amount of grass and brush fires.
The playground located at the Lupine Terrace Apartments remains taped off after the fire. Austin Fire was called out there Wednesday evening under a grass fire call. A call AFD says is common this time of year.
He says he was thankful AFD crews were able to put out the fire so quickly because it could have been a lot worse. "We are in a heightened state of awareness here in the city of Austin, Travis County. Any kind of ember from a firework, from a cigarette, from a match, anything discarded improperly in any pile of leaves or grass, or any other trash can start a very big fire very quickly. These fires can go from small to big very quickly," he said.
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