LIVE: Austin Fire Department: Brush fire 'spreading rapidly towards structures' off FM 969

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Crews are on the scene of a brush fire in east Austin that is "spreading rapidly towards structures in the area," according to the Austin Fire Department.
AFD posted on X at 1:19 p.m. that firefighters were responding to a 1/4 acre fire in the 9500 block of FM 969 Road. The fire is spreading toward homes and schools, the department added in a follow-up post.Austin Discovery School and a KIPP Austin Academy of Arts and Letters are in the nearby area.
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