WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:02:09.5540000" NOTE recognizability:0.917 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.394 Good morning from Bastrop County Office NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:02.394 --> 00:00:04.393 of Emergency Management here saying NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:04.393 --> 00:00:06.773 there were no updates to the acreage NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:06.773 --> 00:00:08.867 or containment of this fire overnight. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:08.870 --> 00:00:11.710 Still at least 500 acres have burned and NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:11.710 --> 00:00:14.450 it's only 10% contained as of this morning. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:14.450 --> 00:00:17.195 You can see behind us that Hwy 21 does NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:17.195 --> 00:00:19.338 remain closed in both directions. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:19.340 --> 00:00:21.458 About 3 1/2 miles northeast of NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:21.458 --> 00:00:23.180 where we're standing right now, NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:23.180 --> 00:00:25.268 all the way to FM 1441. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:25.270 --> 00:00:27.496 Let's take a look at what fire NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:27.496 --> 00:00:29.744 crews were dealing with when this NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:29.744 --> 00:00:31.376 fire first started yesterday. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:31.380 --> 00:00:33.600 You can see again this smoke NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:35.080 plume was just huge. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:35.080 --> 00:00:36.915 We were getting pictures and NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:36.915 --> 00:00:39.150 videos from viewers in this area. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:39.150 --> 00:00:41.148 Even the K view satellite radar NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:41.148 --> 00:00:43.589 picked up the smoke plume yesterday. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:43.590 --> 00:00:45.162 The weather conditions have NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:45.162 --> 00:00:47.127 changed out here though yesterday NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:47.127 --> 00:00:49.138 that wind gusts reached 25 mph. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:49.140 --> 00:00:51.317 This morning we've been around 10 to NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:51.317 --> 00:00:53.918 13 mph so conditions have improved for NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:53.918 --> 00:00:57.163 crews out here working on this fire and NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:57.163 --> 00:00:59.497 fire activity did die down overnight, NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:00:59.500 --> 00:01:01.930 which helped crews get a handle. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:01.930 --> 00:01:04.036 On some of the containment lines, NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:05.790 200 firefighters from across the NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:05.790 --> 00:01:07.921 state are here battling the Rolling NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:07.921 --> 00:01:09.811 Pines fire and people living in NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:09.811 --> 00:01:12.340 this area were forced to flee from NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:12.340 --> 00:01:13.860 their homes yesterday afternoon. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:13.860 --> 00:01:15.615 250 families were told had NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:15.615 --> 00:01:17.019 to evacuate this morning. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:17.020 --> 00:01:19.096 There was no update yet on NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:19.096 --> 00:01:20.880 evacuation notices in this area, NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:20.880 --> 00:01:22.986 but crews did work all night NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:22.986 --> 00:01:24.039 on patrolling homes. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:24.040 --> 00:01:26.608 We have not heard an update though this NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:26.608 --> 00:01:29.308 morning on any that were potentially lost, NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:29.310 --> 00:01:31.858 Bluebonnet Electric did shut off power in. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:31.860 --> 00:01:34.372 Areas around here because they do need to NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:34.372 --> 00:01:36.978 check for damage when daylight hits soon. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:36.980 --> 00:01:38.680 Now back out here live. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:40.726 You can see this sign that NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:40.726 --> 00:01:42.090 warns of the issue. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:42.090 --> 00:01:44.638 There was a prescribed burn out here NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:44.638 --> 00:01:46.976 yesterday and that's what got out of NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:46.976 --> 00:01:49.162 control as the winds picked up and NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:49.162 --> 00:01:51.298 that fire jumped the control lines. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:51.300 --> 00:01:53.238 The Texas Parks and Wildlife Director NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:53.238 --> 00:01:55.204 saying that the crews were well NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:55.204 --> 00:01:57.046 within the weather parameters to be NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:57.046 --> 00:01:59.140 doing that controlled burn yesterday, NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:59.140 --> 00:01:59.992 but again, NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:01:59.992 --> 00:02:02.122 those weather those wind gusts NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:02:02.122 --> 00:02:03.780 rather reach 25 mph. NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:02:03.780 --> 00:02:05.884 We are expecting to get an update from NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:02:05.884 --> 00:02:07.440 fire officials this morning and we NOTE Confidence: 0.9165202 00:02:07.440 --> 00:02:09.554 will bring that update to you when we get.