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Around 7:20 p.m. on Monday, the Gillespie County Sheriff's Office announced that a second blaze had begun near I-10. RELATED | Firefighter injured by falling tree limb while battling 9,737-acre ...
GILLESPIE COUNTY, Texas – A massive grass fire, also known as the Crabapple Fire, started in Gillespie County on Saturday, March 15. First responders north of Fredericksburg spotted the fire ...
According to Gillespie County officials, the fire – named the Crabapple Fire – started in the 8700 block of Lower Crabapple Road at around 1 p.m. Saturday. By 4:20 p.m. Saturday, the fire had ...
The Crabapple Fire has burned thousands of acres in Gillespie County in just over 32 hours. As of 9 p.m. March 16, the fire burned 9,500 acres and is 55 percent contained. There is not a mandatory ...
Texas – A massive wildfire north of Fredericksburg in Gillespie County has raged across thousands of acres. The fire began around 1:45 p.m. on Saturday in the 8700 block of Lower Crabapple Road ...
GILLESPIE COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- A fire in the Texas Hill Country is still burning thousands of acres and has now led to its first injury. The Crabapple fire in Gillespie County spread on the ...
GILLESPIE COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Six days after first breaking out, the Crabapple Fire near Fredericksburg in Gillespie County is now 100% contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service (TFS).
Bob Nicks, president of the Austin Firefighters Association, says Austinites should be “very concerned” about what has taken ...
A GoFundMe has also been set up to help the Proch family. To support recovery efforts from the Crabapple Fire, Gillespie County has partnered with the OneStar Foundation and Rebuild Texas to ...
Gillespie County has partnered with the OneStar Foundation to create the Crabapple Fire Relief Fund to help with the recovery effort. On Sunday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency approved ...