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Firefighters scrambling to put out a blaze in the Barton Creek Greenbelt, near the Westlake Heights subdivision, on 2/6/11.

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4601 Dusik Lane, 2-alarm fire.

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Firefighters knock out Greenbelt fire

Location forces big response to small fire

Updated: Monday, 07 Feb 2011, 1:52 PM CST
Published : Sunday, 06 Feb 2011, 1:47 PM CST

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Firefighters used a combined air and ground attack to control a fire in the Barton Creek Greenbelt

Fire crews set up in the Westlake Heights subdivision off Highway 360. While ground teams worked in the sometimes dense brush of the greenbelt, a STAR Flight helicopter dumped buckets of water in support.

Some neighbors said it was the worst fire they've seen in decades.

Crews managed to contain the fire to a half acre in a little more than an hour. Crews remained in place putting down hot spots until a little after 4 p.m.

No word yet on what sparked the fire. 

 


 

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