Overview
- Responders arrived to a reported explosion at a home in The Overlook at Bear Creek subdivision about nine miles south of Fredericksburg and found the house fully involved in fire.
- Fredericksburg Fire/EMS led the response with mutual aid from local volunteer departments, including Comfort Volunteer Fire Department and Willow City Volunteer Fire & Rescue.
- Two residents were transported to San Antonio-area hospitals for treatment and one of the injured was airlifted for more serious care.
- The Gillespie County Sheriff's Office, the City of Fredericksburg and the Gillespie County Fire Marshal's Office have opened a joint investigation into the cause of the blast.
- Officials say the blast appears to be an isolated incident, no wider damage or additional evacuations have been reported, and residents are asked to avoid the area while crews work.