High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Bastrop County Complex fire was a major wildfire that struck Bastrop County, Texas, between September and October 2011. Three separate fires started on September 4, 2011, during Labor Day weekend, and merged into one large blaze that burned east of the city of Bastrop. 1,691 homes were destroyed by the fire, making it the most destructive single wildfire in Texas history. After being largely contained in late September, the fire was declared controlled on October 10, and finally extinguished on October 29, having killed two people and inflicted an estimated $325 million of insured property damage.