There are multiple fires just in Austin which is in Travis County.
The number of fires burning in an around Travis County today has led the Austin Fire Department to ask for 25 firefighters to call back in for possible activation. They are being asked to call 978-1187 if they are available to come in to work and help out with these fires. AFD will be determining how many firefighters to activate immediately and how many may be activated later.
The fire in Bastrop County is the biggest one in the area and the news just reported that there is no air support available to fight it. (That was TWC) You can easily see it on radar.
There are evacuations going on in Bastrop, Pflugerville and Steiner Ranch.
I can't find one website which is showing all current Texas fires
Central Texas fire evacuations
by KVUE News
kvue.com
Posted on September 4, 2011 at 5:27 PM
Updated today at 6:42 PM
Mandatory Evacuations have been released for the following areas:
Steiner Ranch
Wilderness Ridge
Cedar Creek
Allen Creek
Tahitian Village
Circle D County Acres
Schwantz Ranch Road
Old Potato Road
Highyway 21 east to Paige
Luther Hill in Fayette County
Spicewood
Information on fires in Central Texas
Information on closures, fires and contacts
Updated: Sunday, 04 Sep 2011, 7:21 PM CDT
Published : Sunday, 04 Sep 2011, 7:02 PM CDT
John Bumgardner
AUSTIN (KXAN) - ||| AFD is looking for 25 firefighters to call back in for possible activation. If you could please help us get the word out with the number they need to call, that would be incredibly helpful. AFD Firefighters who are available to come in to work should call 978-1187 as soon as possible. AFD will be taking contact information and determining exactly how many folks we need to activate immediately.
||| STEINER RANCH: Crews are on scene of a brush fire in Steiner Ranch near 620 and Mansfield Dam. All residents are being evacuated.
||| Pflugerville: Firefighters are fighting several fires in Central Texas. The Reserve at West Creek subdivision is being evacuated. Officials say 192 homes have been vacated on Hoddie Lane which is a 4-alarm fire.
SPICEWOOD: Crews are fighting a 2-alarm fire in Spicewood. Mandatory evacuations are also taking place. Large fire near the southwest side of Lake Travis. Austin, Lake Travis, Westlake C-bar, STARFlight 1 and 2 along with Pedernales and Spicewood Fire departments are fighting the 300-400 acre fire. Homes have been destroyed, fire is heading east, hopped Highway 71. Residents in Fall Creek Estates and Pale Face Ranch Road must evacuate immediately. Call Pedernales Fire Departmenr for more info on Spicewood and Briarcliff areas at 264-1476. Briarcliff is not included in the evacuations at this time.
||| LIBERTY HILL: Fire is threatening homes in Liberty Hill. No word on evacuations.
||| BASTROP: A mandatory evacuation notice has been issued for people in the following locations due to the threat of a wildfire...Circle D County Acres area...Pine view west...Lake Bastrop...Pine...Portions of Tahitian Village...Colovista...Alan creek...Bastrop State Park...and residents along Harmon Road and Pine Hill Loop. If you are in danger and cannot evacuate from this area...please call 911.
||| LA GRANGE: La Grange has major brush fires. Parts of town north off hwy 71 evacuated. Several structure fires reported.
||| Central Texas remains under a wind advisory for the counties of Bastrop, Caldwell, De Witt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca, Lee, Travis, Williamson until 8:00p.m.
Wildfires Rip Through North Texas
Published : Sunday, 04 Sep 2011, 6:01 PM CDT
FOX 4 News myfoxdfw.com
FOX 4 News
myfoxdfw.com Web Team
DALLAS - A series of wildfires across North Texas have burned hundreds of acres and forced the evacuations of some communities.
In Navarro County, officials say at least nine separate fires have burned a total of 2,000 acres. A large fire in the city of Corsicana destroyed eight structures while smoke diminished visibility so severely that some area roads had to be closed.
Navarro County officials say residents in the towns of Mildred and Navarro have been evacuated from their homes. The Red Cross is on the scene helping displaced residents. The administration building at Mildred High School is open to evacuees.
All 25 Navarro County volunteer fire departments and the Texas Forest Service are on scene fighting the wildfires. No injuries have been reported.
In Ellis County, a series of wildfires threatened as many as 50 homes. A spokesman for the Texas Forest Service says they deployed three air tankers and two helicopters to help get the fires under control.