Bastrop County wildfire, 10.15.15

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Bastrop County wildfire, 10.15.15

The size of the Hidden Pines fire is now estimated to be about 4,200 acres, with only 15 percent of the blaze contained by fire crews as of Thursday morning, Oct. 15, 2015.

Flames from the Hidden Pines Fire glow at night near Bastrop on Thursday October 15, 2015.

Elgin firefighter, Thomas Pritchett, left, and Smithville Capt. Adrian Sepulveda, right, climb over burning debris and tree as they move a fire hose closer to the fire as they fight the Hidden Pines Fire burning at the end of Kellar Road near Smithville, Texas, on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. Smithville Fire Department put out the hotspots before it could get to nearby structures and homes.

A single engine air tanker, S.E.A.T., drops fire retardant material onto the Hidden Pines Fire Autum Creek Road and Park Road 1C as a Chinook helicopter in the background uses a water bucket near Smithville, Texas, on Thursday, October 15, 2015.

A single engine air tanker, S.E.A.T., drops fire retardant material onto the Hidden Pines Fire near Autumn Creek Road and Park Road 1C near Smithville, Texas, on Thursday, October 15, 2015.

A single engine air tanker, S.E.A.T., drops fire retardant material onto the Hidden Pines Fire Autum Creek Road and Park Road 1C as a Chinook helicopter in the background uses a water bucket near Smithville, Texas, on Thursday, October 15, 2015.

Gov. Greg Abbott talks about the Hidden Pines Fires at a news conference at Buescher State Park on Thursday October 15, 2015.

A helicopter drops water on the Hidden Pines Fire in Buescher State Park on Thursday October 15, 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Helicopters drop water on the Hidden Pines Fire in Buescher State Park on Thursday October 15, 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

A helicopter drops water on the Hidden Pines Fire in Buescher State Park on Thursday October 15, 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

A police officer patrols Park Road 1C in Buescher State Park as a log burns in the Hidden Pines Fire on Thursday October 15, 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Buescher State Park is burned in the Hidden Pines Fire on Thursday October 15, 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Land on Hidden Pines Parkway is burned in the Hidden Pines Fire in Smithville on Thursday October 15, 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Land on Hidden Pines Parkway is burned in the Hidden Pines Fire in Smithville on Thursday October 15, 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Land on Hidden Pines Parkway is burned in the Hidden Pines Fire in Smithville on Thursday October 15, 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Buescher State Park is burned in the Hidden Pines Fire on Thursday October 15, 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Buescher State Park is burned in the Hidden Pines Fire on Thursday October 15, 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Smithville firefighters work in Buescher State Park during the Hidden Pines Fire on Thursday October 15, 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Smithville firefighters work in Buescher State Park during the Hidden Pines Fire on Thursday October 15, 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Buescher State Park is burned in the Hidden Pines Fire on Thursday October 15, 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

A helicopter drops water on the Hidden Pines Fire in Buescher State Park on Thursday October 15, 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

A plane drops fire retardant on the Hidden Pines fires Thursday afternoon. Rodolfo Gonzalez/American-Statesman

David Dougan walks in thick smioke along Alum Creek East near his home while waiting to make a decision about evacuating from the Hidden Pines Fire on Thursday October 15, 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Thick smoke and fog blankets Alum Creek East near Bastrop during the Hidden Pines Fire on Thursday October 15, 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Nacogdoches firefighters Thomas Murphy, left, and T.A. Turner fill up their truck at the intersection of Gotier Trace Road and Cottletown Road during the Hidden Pines Fire near Bastrop on Thursday October 15, 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Gov. Greg Abbott talks about the Hidden Pines Fires at a news conference at Buescher State Park on Thursday October 15, 2015. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

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Flames from the Hidden Pines Fire glow at night near Bastrop on Thursday October 15, 2015.

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