Forest Fire crosses freeway in Bastrop, TX on Sept 4, 2011

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Uploaded by on Sep 4, 2011

A central Texas forest fire in Bastrop on highway 21 crosses the freeway after winds from Tropical Storm Lee caused an extreme fire alert in Central Texas. The fire was shooting out from the trees however they can only be seen in a few parts of the video. The Bastrop police department shut down the freeway shortly after this video was taken

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  • who is the dumbass holding the camera? all you see is the sky

  • I live in Austin, and I can see the Bastrop smoke from my house. I'm honestly just waiting for the evacuation alert, and it's terrifying :(

    My thoughts go out to all those effected by this <3

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  • Were you even looking at what you were recording?

  • looks like somewhere in GA or MS with all those loblollys

  • I remember like it was yesterday ,my son was in it he also remember's very well it was very scary thought he was going to die

  • I'm amazed at how many cars are still driving toward the fire after y'all already turned around.

  • @heavenssdin have you ever been to America? It doesn't seem like ypu have the slightest idea of how people is over there.

  • @Dan17800 The fire was started due to a dead tree branch breaking a powerline.

  • Hey traumajunkee, when is the last time you drove down the road with a camera and watched the forrest burn in front of, they did a good job under the conditions........

  • WOW!! My sisters car is in this video. She lost her house in this fire, along with there brand new Travel Trailer 5th Wheel, and 2 Harley Davidsons. DAMN This brings it all back. :'(

  • My boyfriend lived over right where they were filming. It's all scorched. They're lucky they got out in time. All of that area is gone.

  • Oh.My.Gosh.

    dats one big fire.

    and i live in the cascades and all summer there are fires.

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