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 ...

BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A wildfire in Bastrop County that started over the weekend was fully contained Thursday, according to officials. County officials first posted about the fire ...

Bastrop County has seen five major wildfires — and thousands of smaller ones — since 2009. The Hoffman ranch has been hit by three of them along with a smaller blaze several years ago.

BASTROP, Texas (KXAN) — Crews responded to a home on fire within the fire zone of a wildfire in Bastrop Wednesday just before noon, according to a KXAN reporter on the ground. Reporter Nabil ...

BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- A wildfire burning over 400 acres of land is about 80% contained in Bastrop County, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. The Hudson Fire first broke out on ...

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 memories remain vivid for everyone impacted by the Bastrop County Complex Wildfire. The historic wildfire started in Bastrop County in 2011 during the devastating summer drought that plagued ...

Wildfires continue to pose a threat to property and homes across Central Texas. In 2011, Erichea Conti lost her home in Bastrop County as a wildfire burned. Grand Canyon flooding move sparks ...

UPDATE: Tuesday, November, 8:45 a.m.: The Hudson Fire in Bastrop County is 95% contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service Incident Viewer website. On Monday, Governor Greg Abbott ...

The legislative package was inspired by the state’s largest wildfire in history. The Smokehouse Creek fire scorched more than ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A 400-acre wildfire in Bastrop County that started on Sunday has now been fully contained. Many people were forced to leave their homes after the Hudson Fire started around noon ...

The Elgin Courier - serves Elgin, Texas, and wider Bastrop County. Founded by Miles Hill, the paper has been published weekly ...