surprised this didnt make the news yesterday... fire on the 290

[Guy_on_Clinton]

yesterday around 4pm ... someone or something set fire to the dry grasses near Austin on the westbound lanes of the 290.

i was driving by just as the fire dept arrived. anyone hear if it was arson or drought related?

[PamF]

Think it could have been caused by a careless cigarette thrown out a window?  Seems most smokers do not consider their butts as litter....although it is!