They don’t call it wild fire for nothing. Bastrop State Park in Texas is 6,000 acres; the recent fires burned 5,900 of those acres. Firefighters were able to save many of the Civilian Conservation Corps cabins that were built in the mid-20th Century, but otherwise…up in smoke. This video released by the Texas Parks & Wildlife agency is strangely beautiful, like some orchestrated bit of art, but it’s the real thing, and it gives a small sense of just how quickly flames can scorch an area.

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