BASTROP – Extreme heat and arid conditions helped spread wildfires across Bastrop County this past week, including an 117-acre roadside blaze that took responders five days to fully contain.The Powder Keg Pine Fire sparked from an unknown source around 2 p.m. Aug. 1, six miles east of Bastrop on Texas Highway 71 and Harmon Road. Response from local firefighters was quick, but the fire spread to 40 acres by nightfall and residents were asked to evacuate while the highway shut down. Support from neighboring towns and counties came in the form of experienced firefighting task forces, helicopter water drops, bulldozers ...