Winter weather an additional adversary to firefighters this week

AUSTIN (KXAN) — "Busy" is the word Battalion Chief Justin Paog with the Westlake Fire Department used to describe what the past few days have been like.Thursday morning, his crews responded to a smoldering home on Westlake Drive near the water. The fire started because of an accidental electrical issue, but the man and dog who live there are okay.
In the photo below, you can see a thin layer of ice forming a trail down the hill from a fire hydrant.Westlake fire crews responding to a smolde