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Thousands Flee As Wildfire Torches 300 Texas Homes
MSNBC ^ | September 04, 2011

Posted on 09/04/2011 10:23:33 PM PDT by Steelfish

Thousands Flee As Wildfire Torches 300 Texas Homes

SAN ANTONIO — A fast-growing wildfire fanned by winds from Tropical Storm Lee torched an estimated 300 homes near Austin on Sunday, and thousands of people in hundreds more homes had to evacuate overnight. "It's catastrophic," Texas Forest Service Fire Chief Mark Stanford was quoted by the Austin American-Statesman website as saying. "It's a major natural disaster."

The fire had burned through 14,000 acres and was 16 miles long, threatening some 700 more homes in Bastrop County, just east of Austin. Aerial units estimated that 300 homes were destroyed or damaged. In neighboring Travis County, fires caused evacuations and burned homes in neighborhoods to the north and west of Austin.

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To: Guenevere

Latest on the Bastrop fire is that it is 0% contained, 16 miles long and 4 miles long. In addition, there are 4 more wildfires. To the west of Austin in the Steiner Ranch subdivision, (FM 2222& 620), southwest near the Travis and Hayes county line, Hamilton Pool area, 2 in Pflugerville, the Reserve and West Creek subdivisions


21 posted on 09/05/2011 6:09:07 AM PDT by Bad~Rodeo (Nothing astonishes people so much as common sense and plain dealing.)
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To: Bad~Rodeo

4 miles long=wide


22 posted on 09/05/2011 6:09:56 AM PDT by Bad~Rodeo (Nothing astonishes people so much as common sense and plain dealing.)
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To: Bad~Rodeo
I know most of those places....esp. the Steiner Ranch Steakhouse with the terrific view....is that where you mean....that subdivision?
..I also have friends living close by at that location.
23 posted on 09/05/2011 6:48:37 AM PDT by Guenevere (....)
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To: Bad~Rodeo

A friend just informed me they have evacuated the Steiner Ranch subdivision and a family is taking shelter at my friend’s house.


24 posted on 09/05/2011 6:51:56 AM PDT by Guenevere (....)
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To: Guenevere

Yes, exactly. They were actually evacuated last night and have not been allowed to return. Local news is reporting MAYBE they can around the noon hour. There’s also homes in the 3 million dollar range in there but wildfires don’t discriminate


25 posted on 09/05/2011 7:12:07 AM PDT by Bad~Rodeo (Nothing astonishes people so much as common sense and plain dealing.)
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To: Dusty Road

How horrible. I can’t even imagine. Is that your place?


26 posted on 09/05/2011 7:53:42 AM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Palin/Perry, Perry/Palin, Palin or Perry, Perry or Palin 2012....Any Questions?)
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To: Dusty Road

It almost looks like moonscape


27 posted on 09/05/2011 7:56:53 AM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Palin/Perry, Perry/Palin, Palin or Perry, Perry or Palin 2012....Any Questions?)
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To: Guenevere

The fire as of the time of this posting is 0% contained. It is about 15 miles east of me. There are a lot of hotspots around but the “main” one is out near Bastrop heading southwest. They are evacuating people. So far this fire has displaced over 6,000 people, scorched 14,000 acres, and destroyed 400 homes.
Stiner Ranch hear austin is totally evacuated. 25 homes have been destroyed. This is just starting. And we are waiting for Perry to call up the National Guard to help.
Follow it on twitter at #centraltxfires


28 posted on 09/05/2011 11:01:21 AM PDT by christx30
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To: christx30
Thanks for the update....I thought Steiner Ranch had started allowing folks to come back....wrong info obviously....

...My son & wife are fairly close by.....I have quite a few loved ones in and about the area.....

Did the fire get the Steiner Ranch steakhouse?....is the fire all over that area?

29 posted on 09/05/2011 12:54:37 PM PDT by Guenevere (....)
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