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‘Most destructive' fire in Texas kills 2

BASTROP, Texas, Sept. 6 (UPI) — Hundreds of people were forced out of their homes Tuesday as wildfires still burned in central Texas. Two fires in Bastrop County southeast of Austin remained totally uncontained, the Austin American-Statesman reported. BASTROP, Texas, Sept. 6 (UPI) — Hundreds of people were forced out of their homes Tuesday as [...]

Texas wildfires collide with urban sprawl

My colleague Don Cash videotaping fire near Bastrop, Texas. Firefighters continue to battle several wildfires in one of the worst wildfire emergencies Central Texas has ever seen. The Red Cross of Central Texas is coordinating the shelters at Bastrop Middle School (512) 321-3911 and the Smithville Recreation Update and map of the Bastrop fire between [...]