Bastrop County fire departments have fought four fires—two wildfires, a structure fire and a grass and brush fire—since the beginning of the month.
On August 3, the Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) announced at 12:41 p.m. on their Facebook page that they and the Smithville Volunteer Fire Department, Bastrop County Emergency Services District No. 2 and the Heart of the Pines Volunteer Fire Department were on scene at a ten-acre wildfire north of Smithville. The Texas A&M Forest Service was also on the scene with two dozers and overhead personnel.
By 12:50 p.m., the wildfire, called the Big Letter F ...