Wildfires Rage in Texas; Thousands Evacuated

Sept. 7: A building in Bastrop, Texas, is left in ruins after being torched in a wildfire. (Fox News )

Sept. 7: A field in Bastrop, Texas seen after being hit by the wildfire. (Fox News)

Sept. 7: A charred tree is seen in a field in Bastrop, Texas, after a wildfire raged in the area. (Fox News)

Sept. 7: An area destroyed by wildfire surrounds a water tower in Bastrop, Texas. (AP)

Sept. 7: Homes destroyed by wildfire are seen in Bastrop, Texas.  (AP)

Sept. 7: Smoke from a wildfire hangs over a field of cattle in Bastrop, Texas. (AP)

Sept. 7: Donated supplies for firefighters at the wildfire command post in Bastrop, Texas. (Fox News)

Sept. 7: Children's thank you notes to firefighters staying in a shelter in Bastrop, Texas. (Fox News)

Sept. 6: Tammy Heath spreads dirt on the smoldering ground in an attempt to keep a fire from jumping a fire break in Linden, Texas. (AP Photo/ The Texarkana Gazette)

Map locates current wildfires in Texas and surrounding states

Sept. 5: The chimney of a house remains standing as the rest of the building burns to the ground near Bastrop, Texas. (Reuters)

Sept. 6: A Cushing, Texas, firefighter approaches a section of the front line of a massive wildfire  near Lilbert, Texas. (AP/The Daily Sentinal)

Sept. 6: A volunteer firefighter uses a rake to extinguish flames on the front lines of a massive wildfire near Lilbert, Texas. The Texas Forest Service reported the fire, which started Sept. 4, 2011, had consumed more than 2,600 acres as crews continued to battle the blaze. (AP/The Daily Sentinel )

Sept. 6: Willie Clements surveys his fire-destroyed home in Bastrop, Texas. Clements lost his home to fires Monday. More than 1,000 homes have burned in at least 57 wildfires across rain-starved Texas, officials said Tuesday. (AP)

Sept. 6: Car collector John Chapman surveys the losses at his home in Bastrop, Texas. Chapman lost more than 175 cars to the wildfires. (AP)

Sept. 6: Sisters Laura, left, and Michelle Clements survey their fire-destroyed home in Bastrop, Texas. The Clements lost their home to fires Monday.  (AP)

Sept. 6: Flames from a gas pipe continue to burn at a home that caught fire when wildfires swept through the area in Bastrop, Texas. (AP)

Sept. 6: Hayden Wilhelm sprays water on hot spots at a neighbors home that burned when wildfires swept through the area in Bastrop, Texas. (AP)