BY ELENI HIMARAS
reporter@ltview.com
Firefighters found embers from last week’s Hurst Creek Road fire more than 3,000 feet from the site of the initial blaze, Lake Travis Fire Rescue Spokesperson Dale Faust said.

“We had a crew out there over night that constantly monitored the whole area to make sure nothing heated up again,” Faust said, adding that the practice was standard procedure.
The call came in at about 2:50 p.m. that a controlled burn had gotten out of control. The county-wide burn ban had been lifted the day before and Faust said he heard family members say the wind simply picked up and took off with the fire.
While the county-wide burn ban is still lifted, Faust said that there is a burn ban in effect for the Lake Travis Fire Rescue District #6.
“Even though… we’re getting a lot of rain, we’re still under severe drought conditions,” he said Monday afternoon.
When firefighters arrived on the scene last Wednesday, the fire had already spread to about two acres of land. It jumped Hurst Creek Road, threatening structures and six to eight homes.
None were damaged.
Faust said more than 30 fire fighters from lake Travis Fire Rescue, the Austin Fire Department and CE-BAR Volunteer Fire Department were on hand to battle the blaze. Staflight also responded to douse the flames from the air.
Faust said people should “Exercise prudence when the burn ban is lifted. Still look for conditions that could come up like unforecast winds.”
He also said people should be especially careful in preparing the area of the controlled burn.
Firefighters were able to bring the blaze under control by about 4:15 p.m. but several school bus routes had to be redirected that day, LTISD Director of Communications Marco Alvarado said in a press release.
All students on the affected routes were bussed back to the schools and picked up by their parents.