AUSTIN, Texas — Editor's note: Fire officials initially said this fire had burned 100 acres, but they provided an updated estimate Friday morning.
Austin Fire Department (AFD) crews, Travis County Fire Rescue and Travis County STAR Flight were on the scene of a three-alarm brush fire at Decker Lane and Hog Eye Road in East Austin on Wednesday evening.
Two vacant structures were burned in the fire, AFD said. No one was hurt, but witnesses said the fire grew fast.
"I saw this fire out of the corner of my eye, and it's been raging. It's been raging on for a while. And it's getting closer to a road and it's getting a little scary because if it crosses the road, a lot of us are going to be stuck here," Hugo Castillo told KVUE.
As of Friday morning, the fire had burned 68 acres and is 100% contained. This is an updated acreage update from the initially reported 100 acres.
Residents were told to avoid the area.
Smoke from this fire may have caused some concern in other parts of the area. Lake Travis Fire and Rescue tweeted that they got reports of smoke in their area, but that there hadn't been any fires there.