/tags/bastrop-wildfires Bastrop Wildfires en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:41:32 GMT /energy-environment/2017-08-21/residents-allowed-to-return-home-as-crews-get-handle-on-bastrop-wildfire UPDATE 8:17 a.m., Aug. 21: The Texas A&M Fire Service reports the fire is now 95 percent contained.UPDATE 6:10 p.m.: The fire is now 90 percent contained,� Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:41:32 GMT /energy-environment/2017-08-21/residents-allowed-to-return-home-as-crews-get-handle-on-bastrop-wildfire Audrey McGlinchy /texas/2016-09-05/listen-how-this-song-became-an-anthem-for-bastrops-wildfire-recovery In 2010, when the Bastrop Education Foundation approved a grant for a children's songwriting workshop, they had no idea what music would spring forth.The� Mon, 05 Sep 2016 15:37:41 GMT /texas/2016-09-05/listen-how-this-song-became-an-anthem-for-bastrops-wildfire-recovery Mose Buchele /austin/2016-09-05/as-recovery-continues-bastrop-remembers-five-years-of-perseverance After the Bastrop Complex Fires burned his property and destroyed his home five years ago, artist and furniture maker Walter Winslett took a tour of the� Mon, 05 Sep 2016 13:25:24 GMT /austin/2016-09-05/as-recovery-continues-bastrop-remembers-five-years-of-perseverance KUT Staff /energy-environment/2015-10-20/one-week-in-hidden-pines-fire-about-80-contained-still-threatens-95-homes The Hidden Pines Fire in Bastrop County started one week ago today. Bastrop County Judge Paul Pape said Tuesday morning that the fire is 80 percent� Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:21:33 GMT /energy-environment/2015-10-20/one-week-in-hidden-pines-fire-about-80-contained-still-threatens-95-homes KUT Staff /austin/2015-10-16/how-to-help-those-affected-by-hidden-pines-fire-or-how-to-get-help-if-you-need-it At last check, Smithville's Hidden Pines Fire has claimed 40 home structures and burned over 4,000 acres. While the fire is 25 percent contained,� Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:48:28 GMT /austin/2015-10-16/how-to-help-those-affected-by-hidden-pines-fire-or-how-to-get-help-if-you-need-it KUT Staff /special-coverage/2015-10-15/looking-back-at-central-texas-2011-labor-day-wildfires The Hidden Pines wildfire in Bastrop County is bringing back memories of an even more destructive fire four years ago.The 2011 Labor Day wildfires took� Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:28:34 GMT /special-coverage/2015-10-15/looking-back-at-central-texas-2011-labor-day-wildfires Emily Donahue, KUT Staff /texas/2015-06-10/texas-wildfire-experts-predict-weaker-threat-level-this-year The 2015 wildfire season is fast approaching. In Colorado yesterday, federal officials talked about the growing threat of catastrophic wildfires across� Wed, 10 Jun 2015 19:14:47 GMT /texas/2015-06-10/texas-wildfire-experts-predict-weaker-threat-level-this-year /texas/2014-12-01/new-culprit-threatens-a-parks-rebirth-years-after-fire From The Texas Tribune: Greenery has begun to cover the scars of a devastating fire that ripped through 32,000 acres of Central Texas three years ago.� Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:08:54 GMT /texas/2014-12-01/new-culprit-threatens-a-parks-rebirth-years-after-fire Christine Ayala, Texas Tribune /austin/2013-09-04/memories-not-extinguished-two-years-since-labor-day-wildfires Today marks two years since the start of the Labor Day wildfires � the worst in Texas history.The fires in Bastrop, Pflugerville, Spicewood and Steiner� Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:50:02 GMT /austin/2013-09-04/memories-not-extinguished-two-years-since-labor-day-wildfires Laura Rice /texas/2013-04-04/fema-gives-texas-31-2-million-for-2011-wildfires The Federal Emergency Management Agency has given Texas $31.2 million to help cover the costs of the devastating wildfires that spread across the state in� Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:31:48 GMT /texas/2013-04-04/fema-gives-texas-31-2-million-for-2011-wildfires Filipa Rodrigues