information. we had about 56 new fires yesterday that burned 36,000 acres so as you can imagine the details are sketch gentlemen and we re covering the situation statewide and trying to gather information right now. gregg: why all of the new fires april? we re under a veer drought, 80 percent of stebgz in exceptional drought conditions, the grass is really fragile and dry and ripe for the wildfire so the tinnest spark can start wildfire, and we ve had some high winds. yesterday was a particularly windy day, today will be another one, so these things are spreading rapidly. gregg: were those wind propelled by tropical storm lee? reporter: probably so. we re getting some in east texas, on the louisiana border, so i expect that that s what s happening. ce we we didn t get the rain but the wind. gregg thousands of acres have burned in parts of the