Central Texas fire leaders preparing for another busy fire season [Video]

CEDAR PARK, Texas — It’s been a wet few days in Central Texas, but it’s only a matter of time before another scorching summer dries the land out, raising the risk for wildfires.

Emergency leaders were at a Williamson County Wildfire Preparedness news conference on Friday and said they know this is a very real threat.

Carmen Jones says she remembers the flames from the Bexley apartment’s Building 10 being everywhere. 

“The flames were like nine feet high and it was so hot,” Jones said.

Jones, who lives in the next building, says the fire terrified her. 

“You see it on TV, but when you’re actually witnessing it, it’s like, you don’t know what’s going to happen,” Jones explained. 

Keri Hines, the Firewise Coordinator for the Texas A&M Forest Service, says the fire was …