The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning until 9 p.m. Wednesday for Bastrop County and much of Central Texas. Wind and low humidity could cause fires to spread quickly, the NWS said.
Firefighters said they expect the wildfire to burn for several days, especially with no rain expected.
A wildfire along State Highway 71 in Bastrop County was 65% contained as of Wednesday afternoon, the Bastrop County Office of Emergency ManagementThe agency said the Powder Keg Pine Fire, which had grown to about 100 acres, was still burning, but that it's currently not spreading. The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning from noon until 9 p.m. Wednesday for Bastrop County and much of Central Texas. Wind and low humidity could cause fires to spread quickly, the NWS said. People should not park cars in tall, dry grassy areas where weeds could catch on fire or throw cigarette butts on the ground.KUTEmergency responders were spending Wednesday checking for spot fires, Walter Flocke, a spokesperson with Texas A&M Forest Service, said.
"[Crews are] going inside of the burned area and extinguishing any of those hot spots, because it's going to be another hot dry day today," he said,"and we're going to need to really make sure that those are extinguished."“Everything started getting ugly pretty quick," he said, adding that he’s been on edge because it reminds him of the 2011 Bastrop fire, which destroyed about 1,700 structures.
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