Update as of 1:30 p.m. Friday, August 28: Austin Country Flea Market will reopen its doors after a fire caused devastation across several booths on Sunday, August 23.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The business shared on social media that it would reopen Saturday and Sunday, and thanked the public for their support. “Thanks for standing with our vendors and our flea market family.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Austin Country Flea Market is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays at \u00a09500 US 290, Austin, TX 78724.<\/p>\n
A Central Texas flea market is aiming to reopen days\u00a0after a devastating fire<\/a> destroyed more than 40 booths and a car on Sunday, August 23. But this isn’t the first time a fire has disrupted Austin Country Flea Market in East Austin.<\/p>\n Austin Country Flea Market <\/a>manager\u00a0Rosie Young told MySA that in 2009, the flea market lost 200 booths in a bigger fire also during the month of\u00a0August. At the time, Young explained that the fire started from an electrical issue in a vendor booth, which quickly spread due to drought conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n “It just got so big, and it was in August, you know, a hot month and very dry,” Young said. “It got up into the rafters and then it took off like a wildfire, and you know, it burnt a big section of the market.”<\/p>\n Although it’s still unclear what caused Sunday’s fire, it left two people with minor injuries and the flea market powerless for days. Young said that nearly 17 vendors were impacted and one woman’s car was lost to the fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n