Vehicle collision with deer causes car fire on highway, Bastrop TX

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/16/2025 06:58 PM

TX-21, Texas

A vehicle hit a deer on a highway in Texas, causing the car to catch fire. The occupant got out safely. Fire and police units responded to put out the fire and manage traffic near the 700 block of West State Highway 71 frontage road before the Highway 21 exit.

Audio|Source: Bastrop County Law Enforcement / Fire / EMS

03:23

Transcript:

00:00

The vehicle versus deer, vehicle is on fire.

00:09

24 dispatch for stopping up the road with fire fire.

00:17

In route to the crash, the occupant is out of the vehicle.

00:25

C224 dispatch is fire and up to our current location.

00:29

There's vehicle on fire beside the road.

00:36

24, can you call dispatch?

00:40

What's now?

00:44

Unit reps to crash advice, there are no troopers invasional.

00:52

1612, number one.

00:58

One, six, nine.

01:02

Can you 21 call? Can you 21 call?

01:09

Before fires and out.

01:12

I see, thanks now.

01:15

I am going to build a call since it was the vehicle versus gear that turned into a car fire.

01:24

1612. I mean, you know, about 22.

01:30

1412 be all seen.

01:31

3.43, we're going to be on the 700 block of West State Highway 71 Frontage Road eastbound.

01:37

Time for her.

01:40

Webby, uh, lane two blocks.

01:46

Four more.

01:53

Fire to search, you could show Engine 440 arriving on scene.

01:58

We've got one vehicle, we'll off the roadway, pulling golf.

02:02

We'll be out of experiencing.

02:09

More union, more than a zebra, I think Carlos,

02:13

13667.

02:16

Double.

02:19

Just advise if there's an active EPO or not.

02:26

I advise if there's an active what?

02:29

EPO or not.

02:35

I see.

02:37

I was a thank you.

02:43

I have an EPO that expired in June of this year.

02:56

It'll be locking off 71 eastbound right before the 21 exit.

03:07

1612 and anybody else that's available.

03:11

If I can get another unit out here to help the traffic control.

03:19

1636, you can break this call being around to assist 1612.

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