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200-acre brush fire in Blanco County
Update: Firefighters are battling a 200 acre fire in Blanco County that is currently 50 percent contained, said Lexi Maxwell, a spokeswoman for the Texas Forest Service.
A firefighter and a woman were both treated at the scene and released, said Maxwell. The firefighter had minor burns to his arm and the woman was suffering from stress, she said. Two small buildings were destroyed by the fire, Maxwell said.
It started when the rim of a flat tire on a trailer being hauled by a truck on Bird Lane in Round Mountain blew off sparks, she said. The fire had threatened 50 homes on the west and east sides of U.S. 281, Maxwell said. At one point the flames jumped U.S. 281 which had to be closed because of the smoke, she said.
Firefighters are battling a 200-acre brush fire in Blanco County outside the town of Round Mountain, according to the Blanco County sheriff’s office.
The fire is in the area of County Road 962 and U.S. 281 in the northern part of the county near the Burnet County line, the sheriff’s office said. There have been no injuries and no structures have burned.
The cause of the fire has not been determined. Fire departments are on the scene from Fredericksburg, Willow City, Blanco, Spicewood, Marble Falls, Johnson City and Round Mountain, according to the sheriff’s office.
