The Crabapple fire is now 90% contained and has burned 9,858 acres as of March 18 The current affected area stretches from Lower Crabapple Road to FM 1631, according to the city of Fredericksburg.

Fredericksburg fire officials are attempting to control a grassfire along Highway 290 West near Grand Oaks Drive in a rural part of Gillespie County, just 10 miles west of downtown.

A fire near a Hill Country town has burned about 80 acres since it started on Tuesday, according to officials. Crews have the blaze about 80% contained as of 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to the ...

Fredericksburg officials said the Texas A&M Forest Service determined the fire started due to “debris burning.” The fire was significantly smaller than the Crabapple Fire near Fredericksburg ...

He pointed to the Crabapple Fire near Fredericksburg in March that burned nearly 10,000 acres and destroyed nine homes. "We got to literally see it because the smoke and the ash [of] that fire ...