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Bastrop Fire and Evacuations
Bastrop Fire and Evacuations

Updated: Sunday, 04 Sep 2011, 6:46 PM CDT
Published : Sunday, 04 Sep 2011, 6:44 PM CDT

The Bastrop Emergency Management Office is ordering a mandatory evacuation from Hwy 21 and 1441 all the way to the river towards the south east.
This includes Bastrop State Park, Pine Hill Loop, Harmon Road, Tahitian Village, Colo Vista and all other areas up to the river.
Emergency personnel are telling everyone to evacuate now!
The shelter is at the Bastrop Middle School on Old Austin Hwy.
We are getting reports that several homes are on fire.
Residents leaving their homes have told FOX 7 that 1441 and Hwy 21 is shut down.

Read more: http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/news/local/Bastrop-Fire-and-Evacuations-20110904-ktbcw#ixzz1X3AC9DeM