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STAR Flight Assists with Greenbelt Fire

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Firefighters used a combined air and ground attack to control a fire in the Barton Creek Greenbelt

Fire crews set up in the Westlake Heights subdivision off Highway 360. While ground teams worked in the sometimes dense brush of the greenbelt, a STAR Flight helicopter dumped buckets of water in support.

Some neighbors said it was the worst fire they've seen in decades.

Crews managed to contain the fire to a half acre in a little more than an hour. Crews remained in place putting down hot spots until a little after 4 p.m.

No word yet on what sparked the fire. 

Firefighters knock out Greenbelt fire: kxan.com

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