Loud explosions heard in SW Travis County

Law enforcement agencies responded after multiple reports of loud explosions in southwest Travis County.

After investigating, officials say the cause was that people are shooting at targets that explode when hit. The Austin Fire Department says a person was on private land using it as a gun range exploding tannerite.

AFD tweeted out just before 6 p.m. that 9-1-1 had received multiple calls of a loud explosion or series of explosions near Frate Barker and Brodie Lane.

Fire and law enforcement units from both Hays and Travis County, along with APD Air 1 and Austin Fire and Police Departments responded.