Fire crews work to control 100-acre grass fire near Travis County Expo Center

AUSTIN, Texas - Fire crews are working to put out a fire near the Travis County Expo Center. This is a three-alarm fire.

According to the Austin Fire Department, firefighters are working to put out a large grass fire at Decker Lane and Hog Eye Road, just south of Loyola Lane in East Travis County.

As of August 9, around 9 p.m., the fire is about 100 acres and is 95 percent contained.

Travis County StarFlight was called in to douse the flames from above. FOX 7 Austin saw Austin Fire Department Wildfire units building fire lines to contain the fire and keep the flames from jumping across Decker Lane. Those crews were successful in keeping the fire east of Decker.

FOX 7 spoke to a man who drove through the thick smoke on Decker Lane, right before the road was shut down.

"I was driving over from a friend’s house going home, and I saw the smoke coming up, and I guess I was one of the last people to come up this way before they blocked it off that way," said Vader Ryan, who lives nearby. "I hope it doesn’t hop over the freeway or the road because I know there’s homes and trailer parks over this side."

AFD said two empty structures were involved in the fire. No other structures were involved.

Officials are asking people to avoid the area for the next few hours.

This is a developing story, refresh for the latest updates