Bastrop County judge orders burn ban after this week's 812-acre wildfire

BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Bastrop County Judge Paul Pape on Friday ordered a burn ban that will take effect Saturday at 6 a.m. — almost four days after an 812-acre wildfire sparked in the county.The order prohibits outdoor burning in unincorporated areas of the county. Outdoor burning is described in the document as a person igniting "any combustible or vegetative material outside of an enclosure which serves to contain all flames and/or sparks" or ordering similar burning by ot