When firefighters arrived, they found heavy fire and smoke coming from the church. Bridges said the fire was initially upgraded to a second-alarm because a fire at a large, vacant building can easily get out of hand and crews wanted to make sure they had enough resources.

AUSTIN, Texas - A fire in South Austin spread from one home to another, displacing two families. The Austin Fire Department says improperly discarded ashes from a fireplace are to blame. On Monday, Jan. 20, around 11:45 a.m., the Austin Fire Department responded to a house fire in the 4300 block of Triboro Trl.

The Austin Fire Department responded to a chimney fire Tuesday night in West Austin. The call came in at around 7:38 p.m. reporting a possible chimney fire at a house in the 2900 block of Cherry Lane,

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Fire Department said Sunday that its firefighters found a dead body after extinguishing a trash fire in the area of the 700-835 block of West Ben White Boulevard.

The pups were given oxygen masks to help them breathe, according to a battalion chief with the Austin Fire Department.

The other four cities in the top five are all in Southern California, an area that is experiencing devastating levels of fire destruction this month. But there are key differences between that region and Austin,

There are no reported injuries, and the fire is believed to be accidental, the Austin Fire Department told the American-Statesman.

If you've been around the Texas capital city over the past decade ... where it spread through a "faulty chimney," according to the Austin Fire Department. But luckily, Grey Horse told MySA ...

Read more No injuries were reported after the Austin Fire Department responded to a two-alarm fire at an abandoned east Austin church, the agency said on social media.

When firefighters arrived, they found heavy fire and smoke coming from the church. Bridges said the fire was initially upgraded to a second-alarm because a fire at a large, vacant building can easily get out of hand and crews wanted to make sure they had enough resources.

James Cauthen, a 54-year-old fire chief with Coweta County Fire in Georgia, was shot and killed while helping drivers who hit a deer in Alabama.