BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — The Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management responded to a wildland fire located near Hellinger Road. The fire, named the Mesquite Field Fire, is separate from the 100-acre Powder Keg Pine Fire that broke out Tuesday.

Officials said the Mesquite Field Fire burned roughly 38 acres and is now 100% contained, as of shortly after 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

The Mesquite Field Fire has burned about 37 acres in Bastrop County and is 80% contained, according to officials. (KXAN photo/Jake Sykes)
The Mesquite Field Fire has burned about 37 acres in Bastrop County and is 80% contained, according to officials. (KXAN photo/Jake Sykes)

While this fire didn’t cover as much ground as Tuesday’s Powder Keg Pine Fire, it still gave people quite the scare Wednesday.

“My neighbor called and said there was a fire out here,” said Paul Todd, whose farmland is close to where the fire started. “So I came out here as quick as I could. My thought was to get out here and make sure everything was okay, and everybody’s house, whatever I could do to help my neighbors.”

Crews also battled wildfires in Falls and San Jacinto Counties, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service, and two firefighters in San Jacinto County went to the hospital with first and second degree burns.