By Mark Goodson
Highlander Sports Editor
Lue Angell sat under the shade tree in a her flip flops Friday morning, reflecting on 29 years of living in the country on the north shores of Lake Travis.
Angell and her family lost everything they owned Thursday night when their house burned to the ground.
“It started just right outside the door,’’ said Rick Angell, who built everything on site at the 3-acre Lake Lot on Bonnie Lane in Smithwick. “It took no time for the fire to spread.’’
The fire engulfed the main house, a 2,800-square-foot structure, in less than 10 minutes.
No one was injured in the fire. Rick Angell was the only one at the house when it started.
Fire departments from Marble Falls, Spicewood, Granite Shoals, North Lake Travis and Bertram responded.
“It only took four of five minutes for the first truck to get here, but they had only 300 gallons of water,’’ said Marble Falls firefighter George Tennison.
