rid of the bone dry bub brush that goes up in an instant. this is what s left of a ranch in austin, texas. a pile of twisted metal and ash. the texas forest service says more than 700 homes have burned in the past two days. the largest fire in bastrop county is up to 30,000 acres and only a fraction of it is contained, even though the winds did slow down a bit. jim spellman is live right there now. jim, you ve been following this for several days now. are things getting worse, better, what s the situation? yesterday, they had some they made some progress, 33% contained now. they took advantage of low winds and cooler temperatures to get in there and build these fire lines and get rid of some of this fuel, some of this dried vegetation to try to stop this fire. they re far from out of the woods here, though. this is still a dynamic fire. the smoke is laying down. they ll try again to take advantage of getting on top of this as fast as they can. ali, these fires are breakin
this american morning. good morning. zogood morning alina. it s early. it is early. not so early for you. always great to have you here. carol is off, christine is off. that s right. we ve got you back, which is fantastic. we ve got a really serious situation going on in texas. it s it seems to be getting worse although in some parts getting a little more control over it. these raging wildfires we re telling you about sweeping across the country right now. the governor rick perry is describing the disaster as, quote, a monstrous storm of smoke and flames. the flames are sending thousands of people running for their lives, showing no mercy. it s killed four people. hundreds of firefighters are on the frontlines dousing some of the fires, new ones, they re starting new ones hoping to get rid of the bone dry bub brush that goes up in an instant. this is what s left of a ranch in austin, texas. a pile of twisted metal and ash. the texas forest service sa