Firefighters and evacuees face challenges in responding to Hays County fire

The Oak Grove Fire in Hays County has burned approximately 400 acres and is 65% contained, as of this afternoon.

near the 200 block of Oak Grove Road, about halfway between Wimberley and Kyle — isn't advancing, which means crews are now making sure it doesn't pick back up again, Forest Service spokesperson Walter Flocke said.

"We enter a phase called 'mop-up,'" Flocke said, describing the process of making sure a fire that's been extinguished stays out."[It's] basically the dirty work of firefighting." "There's only one path in," he said."The crews that are fighting the fire can't follow [the fire] across the Blanco without having to drive halfway around the county."

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