http://www.keyetv.com RSS feed for stories from the "Central Texas Wildfires" section of KEYE. en-us Copyright 2012, Sinclair Broadcast Group Tue, Mar 19 2013, 02:29 PM CDT Tue, Mar 19 2013, 02:29 PM CDT SBG WCM - Story Module http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/central-texas-wildfire-special-17.shtml?wap=0 Tue, Sep 04 2012, 07:56 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/central-texas-wildfire-special-17.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/first-responder-remembers-bastrop-wildfires-16.shtml?wap=0 Driving through her patrol area on the outskirts of Bastrop brings the memories of September 2011 flooding back for Bastrop County Sheriff Deputy Molly Davis.

“Now that the anniversary’s coming up, it’s kind of like reliving all of this again,” says Davis, while driving near the state park just days before the anniversary of the fires, an area full of charred trees, home rebuilds, and the remnants of some homes that have never been cleared. ...]]> Tue, Sep 04 2012, 06:14 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/first-responder-remembers-bastrop-wildfires-16.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/insurance-not-enough-rebuild-homes-some-bastrop-county-fire-victims-15.shtml?wap=0 For victims of last year's gigantic fire in Bastrop County who had home insurance many found it covered items loss and their mortgage, but not enough to rebuild their homes.

Remnants still remain of some of the 1,700 homes destroyed in the fire. "It just makes you so sad, because it just brings it all back, like it just happened," says Janice Robertson as she looks at what’s left of the home. ...]]> Tue, Sep 04 2012, 04:44 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/insurance-not-enough-rebuild-homes-some-bastrop-county-fire-victims-15.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/star-flight-crew-recalls-2011-central-texas-labor-day-wildfires-14.shtml?wap=0 Like thousands of other residents in Central Texas, STAR Flight pilot Chuck Spangler got the news about the 2011 Labor Day wildfires through a knock at the door.  His own neighborhood was burning, "When I first saw it and got on it I thought oh boy this is going to be really bad. ...]]> Tue, Sep 04 2012, 04:09 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/star-flight-crew-recalls-2011-central-texas-labor-day-wildfires-14.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/bastrop-co-dispatcher-remembers-fires-one-year-later-13.shtml?wap=0 Heather Deason, a dispatcher for Bastrop County, began her shift the morning of September 4, 2011, at 7 a.m., one of two dispatchers inside the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office.

"Sundays are usually not normal busy days,” remembers Deason. “I had brought some homework to work on for school. ...]]> Tue, Sep 04 2012, 02:46 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/bastrop-co-dispatcher-remembers-fires-one-year-later-13.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/aerial-video-2011-bastrop-county-fire-12.shtml?wap=0 Tue, Sep 04 2012, 02:23 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/aerial-video-2011-bastrop-county-fire-12.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/former-bastrop-county-judge-reflects-historic-fire-11.shtml?wap=0 Former Bastrop County Judge, Ronnie McDonald, was often the face behind the tragic Bastrop fires. Hundreds of evacuated residents, not knowing if their homes burned, waited for him to speak every morning.

“Out of this, something great is going to come and the reason something great is going to come is because of who we are as a community,” he told a packed room of people in the Bastrop Convention Center nearly one year ago. ...]]> Tue, Sep 04 2012, 01:55 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/former-bastrop-county-judge-reflects-historic-fire-11.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/bastrop-couple-feels-blessed-one-year-after-wildfires-10.shtml?wap=0 "El regalo, the gift!" said Wally Pape  Wally and Ann Pape feel blessed. One year after wildfires chewed up their neighborhood, they have a new home.

“It looked an awful lot like this except for the porch,” said Wally.

But, that storybook ending came after long chapters of heartache and hardship. ...]]> Tue, Sep 04 2012, 01:48 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/bastrop-couple-feels-blessed-one-year-after-wildfires-10.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/bastrop-fire-victim-finds-hope-simple-things-9.shtml?wap=0 September 4th is the one year anniversary of the Bastrop County Complex Fire. It was the most devastating of the Central Texas wildfires burning this time last year.

The wildfires in Bastrop chewed up 34,000 acres and destroyed 1,691 homes. According to FEMA, 276 of those homes were not insured and many more were underinsured. ...]]> Tue, Sep 04 2012, 01:39 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/bastrop-fire-victim-finds-hope-simple-things-9.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/one-year-later-bastrop-families-still-struggling-rebuild-8.shtml?wap=0 Tuesday marks one year since the start of the Bastrop County Complex Fire. It was the most devastating of the Central Texas wildfires burning in our area around this time last year.

The wildfires in Bastrop chewed up 34,000 acres and destroyed 1,691 homes. ...]]> Mon, Sep 03 2012, 05:52 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/one-year-later-bastrop-families-still-struggling-rebuild-8.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/restoration-begins-at-fireravaged-bastrop-park-7.shtml?wap=0 (AP) -- Wildlife officials and others are working to restore the "Lost Pines" forest destroyed in Bastrop last year.

One year ago this weekend, historic wildfires ignited near Bastrop State Park and wiped out 95 percent of the forest's trees.

The restoration project calls for planting some 2 million seedlings to replace the charred foliage in the park, another 2 million on thousands of acres outside the park and more than $4 million to pay for them. ...]]> Mon, Sep 03 2012, 05:04 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/restoration-begins-at-fireravaged-bastrop-park-7.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/bastrop-honors-first-responders-fire-anniversary-6.shtml?wap=0 Tuesday marks the anniversary of one of the most devastating fires in Central Texas history. But on Monday, the Bastrop community remembered the men and women who risked their lives in the fire.

It was one of the most destructive fires in Central Texas history. ...]]> Mon, Sep 03 2012, 05:03 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/bastrop-honors-first-responders-fire-anniversary-6.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/firefighters-look-back-spicewood-wildfire-one-year-later-5.shtml?wap=0 The devastation was massive, nearly 6,500 acres charred with the fire destroying more than 60 structures. KEYE TV spoke to fire fighters who were on the front lines of the Spicewood wildfire and are now taking a look back one year later.

"Everybody is extremely scared and nervous and it's coming to that one year anniversary of the fires last year,” says Jared Mikeska with the Pedernales Fire Department. ...]]> Sat, Sep 01 2012, 11:53 AM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/firefighters-look-back-spicewood-wildfire-one-year-later-5.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/bastrop-wildfire-recovery-update-one-year-later-2.shtml?wap=0 Building toward recovery: on Wednesday morning, around 20 local, state, and federal officials met under the Bastrop County Convention Center roof to give a progress report on housing, infrastructure, and cleanup nearly a year after the devastating Labor Day Weekend 2011 fires, which destroy nearly 1,700 homes, 38 businesses, and killed two people. ...]]> Thu, Aug 30 2012, 03:08 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/bastrop-wildfire-recovery-update-one-year-later-2.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/campaign-starts-replace-4-million-burned-bastrop-trees-3.shtml?wap=0 (AP) -- State parks officials have kicked off a campaign to raise money to replace millions of the signature trees that were lost a year ago when wildfires tore through the Lost Pines State Park and surrounding areas in Central Texas.

The devastating blazes last Labor Day weekend scorched 95 percent of one of the most popular state parks in Texas. ...]]> Thu, Aug 30 2012, 03:08 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/wildfires/stories/campaign-starts-replace-4-million-burned-bastrop-trees-3.shtml?wap=0