{"id":179481,"date":"2026-02-25T10:29:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/179481\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:29:28","slug":"texas-crews-battle-15-acre-brush-fire-near-fredericksburg-20-contained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/179481\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas crews battle 15-acre brush fire near Fredericksburg; 20% contained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FREDERICKSBURG, Texas \u2014 Fire crews are working to contain a brush fire northwest of Willow City that has grown to approximately 15 acres, according to Fredericksburg\/Gillespie County Emergency Management.<\/p>\n<p>The fire was first reported around 2:30 p.m. near the 600 block of Exxon Road, close to Highway 16. By 3:10 p.m., officials said the fire was moving north and was about 20% contained.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/crews-respond-to-grass-fire-near-i-35-in-kyle-roads-closed-in-the-area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MORE| Crews respond to grass fire near I-35 in Kyle, roads closed in the area<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Residents in the Hohmann Road area are urged to remain alert and follow instructions from first responders if the fire approaches or reaches their property.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are asking drivers to avoid the area as emergency crews continue responding. Those nearby should stay aware of changing conditions and be prepared to follow the responder&#8217;s direction.<\/p>\n<p>Additional updates are expected as crews work to contain the fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FREDERICKSBURG, Texas \u2014 Fire crews are working to contain a brush fire northwest of Willow City that has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-179481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}