Numerous wind-driven fires pushed fire departments to their limits and forced evacuations in Bastrop County, the Steiner Ranch subdivision, Pflugerville, Spicewood and other areas. Scores of residents were left wondering whether they had homes to return to as many of the fires continued to burn Sunday night.
The largest and most destructive fire was in Bastrop County, where a blaze burned 14,000 acres and grew to an estimated 16 miles long by the end of the day, said Mark Stanford, fire chief of the Texas Forest Service.
"It's catastrophic," Stanford said of the Bastrop County fire. "It's a major natural disaster."
Now, that's enough to make even the most plastic faced, glassey-eyed enthusiast question the efficiency of his hotline to the Almighty.
Let's see if Rick sticks to his guns and eschews Federal disaster assistance in lieu of a giant state-wide church bake sale.
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