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Storm Brings Powerful Amounts of Fire & Water

  • Before and after photos of the oil well storage tank fire in Winchester Wednesday.
    Before and after photos of the oil well storage tank fire in Winchester Wednesday.
  • Photos courtesy of Tami Pietsch
    Photos courtesy of Tami Pietsch
  • After leaving the roadway in high water, this car was found in a culvert in the 2600 block of Highway 90 near FM 1295 in the Praha area.
    After leaving the roadway in high water, this car was found in a culvert in the 2600 block of Highway 90 near FM 1295 in the Praha area.
  • Lightning sparked this fire at a oil well site north of Flatonia.
    Lightning sparked this fire at a oil well site north of Flatonia.
Several storms blew through Fayette County last week, bringing welcome rain (some spots in Fayette County got over six inches of rain, but LCRA’s gauge above La Grange registered 4.01 inches) – but at times the weather proved a little too powerful. Lightning struck a oil well storage tank Wednesday night in Winchester on Reinsch Rd, near the Bastrop County line. Winchester Fire Chief Eddie…

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