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text size  Firefighters Continue Battling Fire Near Austin
Airport Overnight   Fire crews are working overnight battling a
fire near the airport as waste piles, some as high as 30 feet,
continue to burn. Firefighters are monitoring the situation
closely, worried about high winds and visibility along nearby FM
973. It's happening inside the city's Hornsby Bend Biosolids
Management Plant, just north of Austin Bergstrom International
Airport. Reliever crews arrived around 3 a.m. for the crews
working since Monday. Outgoing firefighters on scene told KEYE-
TV early Tuesday morning the fire is still smoldering and crews
are still in containment mode. FM 973 remains open, and though
the fire is contained to an area about a mile and a half from
the plant entrance, officials say they're not letting their
guard down.  Flashing lights of emergency vehicles, the glow of
fire, and plenty of smoke continue to fill the air around the
Hornsby Bend facility Tuesda