“Really dry. The rains that we had earlier this year is kind of a thing of the past already you know we kind of went through time period where all that rain is just completely gone as if it didn’t happen”, said Juan Acuña, who is a Texas A&M Forest Service Fire Weather Analyst and Meteorologist. And that warning extends to Bexar County, where fire conditions are elevated. Officials said the fire is still 50 percent contained.
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A map showed a live look of conditions on Wednesday morning. The Austin Humane Society also needs support to save animals affected by the fires.
The fires have prompted the evacuations of several neighborhoods, and the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department closed Buescher (BISH’-er) State Park on Wednesday due to the fire. The Texas A&M Forest Service said the fire is “actively burning through heavy fuels” and aircraft have been deployed to create a retardant line along the MD Anderson property. Bastrop County’s Long-term Recovery Team will assist once the blaze is out.
“I’m hoping that I lucky because I was able to get stuff out that I couldn’t get replaced because a lot of people don’t have that opportunity”, Martin said. One structure, not a home, was reported to have been destroyed by the fire.
Bastrop County, 30 miles east of Austin, has had low humidity and sparse rainfall.
The fires were not impacting any schools, according to the Bastrop County Independent School District, and all schools will let out on time and all bus routes will run as normal.
Officials with the National Weather Service are urging caution today.
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The fire was originally named the Luecke Fire.
