Unoccupied house catches on fire east of Austin

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Half of a home east of Austin was heavily involved in fire, but no one was home when crews responded to put it out Tuesday.
Around 4 a.m. a neighbor called 911, saying they saw brown smoke coming out from the house on the 4000 block of Reeders Drive — east of State Highway 130 and Farm to Market Road 969 — according to Todd Pomeroy with the Austin Fire Department.
“The dispatchers encouraged them to go and knock on the door to wake people up and get them t