Bastrop County Complex News Today

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — A Texas A&M Forest Service employee was honored with the Current Achievement Award for Fire Protection during today’s National Association of State Foresters Annual Meeting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Paul Hannemann, retired Texas A&M Forest Service Chief of Fire O

Texas has seen its fair share of wildfires through the years and it's often driven by drought.

One of the worst wildfire years in recent memory was in 2011, when a conflagration burned for 55 days, destroyed more than 1,600 homes, scorched 32,000 acres and claimed two people’s lives. 

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Fire investigators say sunlight magnified through a glass bottle in a trash can sparked the 1148 Fire in Palo Pinto County earlier this month.

Among the 16 homes destroyed by wildfires in Somervell County, five houses belonged to the same family west of Glen Rose. The Brown family built seven houses on...

The Sandlin Hill Fire burned 172 acres and was 50% contained on Wednesday night. 50 homes that were previously evacuated are now safe.

Boosted by better weather, fire crews from across the state are making progress in battling major North Texas fires.

The Chalk Mountain Fire in Somervell County, Texas has scorched 6,000 acres. The Texas Forest Service says intense heat and dry conditions fuel the fire.

An estimated 70 firefighters rushed to a grass fire on the westbound side of I-30, just east of Loop 820.