<p>We Interview Chris Files, Bastrop's Emergency Management Coordinator, about the most destructive wildfire in Texas's history: It burned 34,000 acres of forest, destroyed 1,600 houses, and left two people dead. Chris, a lawyer in downtown Bastrop at the time, volunteered to help during the fires, which changed the arc of her life and career. </p>

We Interview Chris Files, Bastrop's Emergency Management Coordinator, about the most destructive wildfire in Texas's history: It burned 34,000 acres of forest, destroyed 1,600 houses, and left two people dead. Chris, a lawyer in downtown Bastrop at the time, volunteered to help during the fires, which changed the arc of her life and career.

<p>We Interview Chris Files, Bastrop's Emergency Management Coordinator, about the most destructive wildfire in Texas's history: It burned 34,000 acres of forest, destroyed 1,600 houses, and left two people dead. Chris, a lawyer in downtown Bastrop at the time, volunteered to help during the fires, which changed the arc of her life and career.&nbsp;</p>

Part 1: Ten Years after the Bastrop County Complex Fire

This is a place called Bastrop - a podcast focused on the people in a small town in central Texas. A place both unique and characteristic of the state’s history. A place with a cultural integrity that unfolds with each passing year.

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Part 1: Ten Years after the Bastrop County Complex Fire

Part 1: Ten Years after the Bastrop County Complex Fire