The Powder Keg Pine fire near Bastrop State Park is about 40 acres in size and 35% contained as of 7 p.m.
Smoke billows from the Powder Keg Pine wildfire on the south side of Bastrop State Park.
A wildfire on the south side of Bastrop State Park forced the evacuation of nearby homes and businesses, the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office says. In a 9:19 p.m.The sheriff's office said in a tweet that multiple agencies responded to the fire Tuesday afternoon along westbound State Highway 71 near Harmon Road — around four miles east of downtown Bastrop. Evacuation orders, when they were in effect, stretched from Harmon Road to Pine Hill Loop.
Austin Fire Department says it sent multiple units to help fight the fire, alongside Travis County emergency service districts, and expects to stay until around 9 p.m. AFD shared video taken from a Travis County STAR Flight helicopter showing how close the fire got to buildings.
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