lee has been fanning flames in its place. nbc s jay gray is in the hard-hit base of texas area with the latest. reporter: hey there, thomas. the latest here is not good as far as the fires are concerned. the fires continuing to spread across the state of texas right now and the worst is here. more than 500 homes have been destroyed. more than 30,000 acres zisinged and number, growing. they believe it will be several days before they air to dry some kind of line and start to turn the fire back, but the wind la been pushing the flames. it s died down a bit today. it there s any good news, it s that. the forecast shows those winds will pick up again by the weekend which will make things even more difficult here. the manpower, the equipment stretched to its limits. in fact, the texas forestry service says any available firefighter in the region is asked to report for duty