Officials say 13 residents spent Saturday night in a Red Cross shelter. Officials evacuated residents and shut down the highway leading into the area Saturday. Texas Forest Service spokesman Lewis Kearney says some residents are being escorted back to their homes Sunday afternoon to identify their property.
The fire started about noon Saturday when a power line fell. Kearney says the fire is about 50 percent contained. He said members of the Bastrop Sheriff's Department were trying to get a good assessment of what was lost.
Bastrop is about 30 miles southeast of Austin.
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