Traces of recovery are appearing amid scars of a devastating wildfire that raced last month through more than 5,000 acres in Central Texas, including half of the 1,000-acre Buescher State Park. No one was hurt in the mid-October fires but about 70 homes and nearly 80 other structures just outside the park were destroyed. Wildflowers now are emerging from ashes left behind after the second severe fire in four years in the popular Lost Pines area near Bastrop, about 40 miles east of Austin.In this Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 photo, a charred leaf hangs on a tree burned during last month's wildfire at Buescher State Park, near Smithville, Texas. The park has reopened although hike and bike trails...
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