‘Extreme conditions’ spark Bastrop blaze, force evacuations

BASTROP — A Saturday afternoon blaze whipped by high winds near Camp Swift led to a call for residents to evacuate the area as firefighters and air crews fought to douse the flames.

At 3:55 p.m. March 8, the Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management issued an alert for The Mouse Fire, with temporary evacuations ordered for residents located in the 200 block of LBA Drive south to Moon Mist Drive.

No injuries have been reported in the incident, which burned two acres east of Texas 95.