Wimberley fire destroys homes

From the Statesman: Officials investigate fire

Three homes burned, couple injured in blaze

An early morning fire in Wimberley on Friday injured two people, destroyed a home and caused significant damage to at least two others, a Hays County sheriff's official said. A man identified as Gary Pigg, 52, was injured in the fire in the 2100 block of Flite Acres Road and was transferred to Brooke Army Medical Center with burns to his hands and feet, officials said. His wife, Gail, who was also injured, was taken to a nearby hospital. Both were treated and released, Sgt. Dennis Gutierrez said. The Hays County fire marshal's office is investigating the fire, he said. One home was destroyed, another was heavily damaged and a third had some damage to its roof, he said.Firefighters from several area crews attacked the blaze that broke out around 4 a.m. in one structure and then spread, Gutierrez said.

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Crews from multiple agencies worked to contain a fire that destroyed two Wimberley homes Friday morning.

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Officials said the fire began on Flite Acres Road between University Drive and Ranch Road 3237 at about 4 a.m. Friday. Three structures were damaged in the blaze and two people were taken to the hospital.

"Upon arrival it (the house) was almost completely consumed with fire, very heavy fire conditions. They initiated fire attack there," Wimberley Fire Dept. Capt. Travis Maher said.

Eric Bedient and his family were staying in a house nearby. He said he heard an explosion and went outside."This over here, the back porch, was like a tidal wave of flames," he said.

Albert Wood was trying to fight the fire when winds quickly pushed the flames into his home."The fire just rapidly destroyed their house and came across under the eaves and took our house out," Wood said. "I was trying to help him. He was fighting it from one direction. I had a hose that was just pissing in the wind there. It was just nothing."

Firefighters were able to keep the blaze from destroying a third home and spreading to the surrounding area.