AUSTIN, Texas — Fire crews have finally contained the Crabapple fire near Fredericksburg after spending nearly a week battling the 9,858-acre blaze that sparked on Saturday afternoon.

FREDERICKSBURG, Texas — The Crabapple Fire is now fully contained. Having burned nearly 9,900 acres, the wildfire that sparked north of Fredericksburg Saturday has reached 100% containment ...

Gillespie County's Crabapple fire size compared to San Antonio ... out as the most extreme fire danger risk for South Central Texas. At that point, our exceptional drought, along with wind ...

The Crabapple fire, which was contained this weekend after ... are the dry conditions that make wildfires a growing possibility in Central Texas. Gillespie County, like much of the Hill Country, ...

“Wildfire names may seem random, but most are linked in some way to the location of the fire,” according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. The Crabapple fire, for example, got its name based on ...

A bulldozer moves charred branches while looking for hotspots in the Crabapple Fire along North State Highway 16 near Fredericksburg, Texas, on Monday, March 17, 2025. (Josie Norris/The San ...

The Texas A&M Forest Service named the blaze after the area where it started, a “roadside start” near the 8700 block of Lower Crabapple Road. The cause of the fire is still unknown.

GILLESPIE COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – Fire crews continue efforts Tuesday to contain the Crabapple fire, which has affected an estimated 9,858 acres, according to the city of Fredericksburg.

After investigation by the Texas A&M Forest Service and the Gillespie County Sheriff’s Office, the origin of the Crabapple Fire was a roadside start near the 8700 block of Lower Crabapple Road.

GILLESPIE COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- A fire in the Texas Hill Country is still burning thousands of acres and has now led to its first injury. The Crabapple fire in Gillespie County spread on the ...

FREDERICKSBURG, Texas — When the Crabapple fire sparked Saturday afternoon, Janet Proch and her family rushed to evacuate. When she got to town, she was left to wonder: what would happen to her ...

Some volunteers were bound for Texas Hill Country and others were ... Molder tells NBC 5 that his strike team was pulled from the Crabapple Fire and is on standby and proactively protecting ...