Firefighters letting Bastrop brush fire burn

BASTROP, Texas (KXAN) — A small brush fire will continue to burn in Bastrop State Park after it was sparked by lightning Monday evening. Firefighters were called to the blaze, near Harmon Drive and Second Streets in the southeastern part of the park, just after 8 p.m.
The fire was quickly contained and Bastrop County Emergency Management Officials say it will burn for three or four days as the flames consume fuel left over from the 2011 Bastrop Complex wildfire.Firefighters burned an addit