VIDEO: Bastrop County residents are all too familiar with wildfires. The scenes from the Rolling Pines fire look all too much like the Hidden Pines fire of 2015.
"We had an incident today where we had some very seasoned firefighters, well over experienced, expert firefighters, saving homes in the neighborhood. And the fire was so bad they got trapped doing that work, fortunately they are fine, they are experienced, we got them through it, but that's how dangerous it is," said Mike Fisher, the then leader of Bastrop County Emergency Management.
The devastating fire burned nearly 5,000 acres, took some homes with it, leaving a burn scar in its path. Residents remember seeing not only the immense amount of flames, but the bellowing smoke that carried for miles.