Central Texas is on fire

[DeddRekoning]

down by Austin

[smrr1]

latest i've heard is over 500 homes burned in the bastrop fire. cnn had someone on stating that all of the fires in texas add up to an area larger than the state of oregon!

[Leah]

#BASTROP FIRE: At 9 AM, the Texas Forest Service estimated the Bastrop Fire Complex to be at 25,000 Acres. #txfire #centraltxfires

At 1:00 AM
Pettytown Fire Caldwell County 200 acres 90% containment
Hodde Fire Travis County 325 acres 100% containment
Blockhouse Fire Travis County 15 acres 100% containment
Bastrop County Complex Bastrop County 0% containment 14000 acres
Delhi Fire Caldwell County 1000 acres 10% containment
Lutherhill Fire Fayette County 2000 acres 50% containment
Cimmeron Fire Burnet County 40 acres 25% containment

Live scanner for the Bastrop fire: http://www.radioreference.com/apps/a...=wp&feedId=529

Steiner Ranch Fire: 4,000 homes threatened, 25 homes lost. Fire continues to burn in heavy brush and Cedar trees in NW Travis County near Lake Travis. Much of the Steiner Ranch area is under a mandatory evacuation order. Fire is 0% contained.

11 hours ago: Bastrop Fire: Over 14,000 acres burning (fire is 16 miles long). 1000’s homes threatened, 300 homes lost. Fire has jumped the Colorado River in two locations. Massive evacuations are in progress. Residents in The Colony, Colovista and Tahitian Village Subdivisions must leave immediately, the fire is rapidly approaching these areas.

[stevo]

You can actually see the smoke plumes from these fires on the NWS radars.

Stevo

[78X]

like OHMIGAWSH!

Those think it's important serious who have lost something in these fires

[78X]

[Badass2000GT]

Obama doesn't care about white people

X2

[Leah]

RT @DFWscanner: BASTROP UPDATE - TFS, 25,000 acres with 476 homes lost. #txfire #centraltxfires

[Leah]

WHY in the FUCK are people still going towards it?!?

Damn, that's bad. I just feel terrible for the people and their losses. Hopefully, no casualties will be included in those losses...

[musclestang89]

WHY in the FUCK are people still going towards it?!?

Damn, that's bad. I just feel terrible for the people and their losses. Hopefully, no casualties will be included in those losses...

They wanted to get a closer look

[tribaltalon]

Great pics of a terrible scene. I drove by a huge fire in deep east tx earlier today. All these fires at once is crazy,

[Tyrone Biggums]

The last count over here is 13 fires in the Longview area.

Yep. We drove past the one off of 135 and 259 as the Longview central command unit bus was heading towards it. Pretty crazy. Got back to the in-laws and watched all the coverage on the news for a while. I didn't want to take any chances and cut our weekend short by heading back to DFW early this morning. Did any of yesterday's fires kick back up today?

[thesource]

I could see the smoke from La Vernia this afternoon which is about 100 miles south east of Austin.

[Hmbre97]

We could see the smoke plume from the Bastrop fire from our house just outside Round Rock. It looked like a volcano erupting in the distance.

[SNEAKY]

and i still damn asshole tossing their cigarette butts out the windows