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Two homes destroyed in Pflugerville fire; church spared

Cruz said he arrived home before firefighters were on the scene. His neighbor's home was in flames, but, at that point, the fire had attacked only a corner of his house. The police allowed him to retrieve the family dog, but there was not enough time to save any heirlooms.

"I thought maybe if they got here in time, they might save the house," Cruz said.

But, he said, "It was quick, very quick."

Firefighters arrived five minutes after he did, but it was already too late. The same dry conditions and high winds that had started and spread two other fires in Pflugerville that same morning sped the flames along, and Cruz could only stand by as his home was destroyed.

His neighbors, Ken and Marcy Menke, had been out running at Lake Pflugerville that morning. While there, they had noticed the activity as firefighters worked to put out the blaze near the corner of Hodde Lane and Cele Road, but had no idea there were other fires in the city at that time.

Ken Menke said they were gone no more than an hour, but returned to find their home engulfed in flames. They had only their jogging clothes on and little else with them at the time. Menke said they had lived in the house for more than 20 years and even ran a medical billing company out of their home.

"We love the neighborhood," Menke said, though he was unsure if they would rebuild there. "We're just going step-by-step right now."

Fortunately for the rest of the neighborhood, the fire jumped to the fence line and burned through the brush behind the homes. No other houses appeared to be damaged, but fences, sheds and other items near the blaze were lost.

"It's not good," Pflugerville Mayor Jeff Coleman said. "Luckily, this is all the damage we had in the city, from a structure standpoint.

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Pflugerville, Texas ...

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Pflugerville is the name of a very rapidly expanding small city northeast of Austin, and there are many opportunities in the city of Pflugerville. The city was originally named for the Henry Pfluger family in 1849, and the city was first expanded after a dam was constructed in the 1850s on the Gilleland Creek which provided water for the train and facilitated the construction of roadways. The small city is situated on the Williamson County and Travis County boundary, so there are parts of the city in both counties.

The plat for the city of Pflugerville was registered in February of 1904 by George Pfluger and his son Albert, and many of the wooden downtown structures on Main and Pecan were built by Conrad Pfluger in the early 1900s. The first cotton gin in the city was also built in 1904, but was destroyed by a fire in 1931, but rebuilt later on the same site. The first bank in Pflugerville was also administered by members of the Pfluger family in 1906, and it was named Farmers State Bank of Pflugerville. Mr. William Pfluger was the first bank president, and the first cashier was Mr. A.W. Pfluger. Also, the Pfluger Press initiated weekly newspaper service in 1907, and continued printing until 1942 on a weekly basis.

The city of Pflugerville covers an area of 11.3 square miles, and is 14 miles northeast of downtown Austin, and the city has one body of water, Lake Pfluger, which was built in 2005 as a reservoir and city park. In the census of 2000, there were 16,335 reported residents and 5,146 households in Pflugerville, but that number has steadily grown, and by 2005, the reported population was over 27,000, almost double the 2000 figure.

In December of 2007, the city annexed a few residential neighborhoods, and the estimated population following the annexation was over 35,000 inhabitants, including the new residents. With the recent expansion of the new toll road, State Highway 130, which runs through the city and intersects with State Highway 45 in Pflugerville, the city is even more accessible to Austin, as well as many smaller cities in the area.The percentage of residents who are male is Pflugerville is about 49%, compared to 51% female, and the median home value in the small city is around 3,000. The residents are more affluent than average for a city in Texas, with the average median income being about ,000 in the town, compared to about ,000 for Texas in general.There are three high schools in the area, although one is technically in Austin, but high school students in Pflugerville attend all three. Pflugerville High is the first and original high school, and Hendrickson High is in eastern Pflugerville, where there is a great deal of new development. Connally High is on the northeastern edge of Austin, but some Pflugerville students attend the school.

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