Wildfire destroys 300 homes near Austin, Texas
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?Virginia Esquivel, right, is comforted by her neighbor, Yolanda Rodriguez, after Esquivel's home in Cedar Park, Texas, burned on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. Two homes on the street were destroyed by the fire. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; TV OUT; INTERNET OUT; AP MEMBERS ONLY
Virginia Esquivel, right, is comforted by her neighbor, Yolanda Rodriguez, after Esquivel's home in Cedar Park, Texas, burned on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. Two homes on the street were destroyed by the fire. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; TV OUT; INTERNET OUT; AP MEMBERS ONLY
A helicopter dumps water on a fire in Steiner Ranch, west of Austin, Texas, on Sunday Sept. 4, 2011. Firefighters battled fires across Central Texas, forcing evacuations in Pflugerville, Steiner Ranch and Bastrop County. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; TV OUT; INTERNET OUT; AP MEMBERS ONLY
A fire burns a home in Steiner Ranch west of Austin, Texas, on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 4, 2011. The fires are forcing evacuations in Pflugerville, Steiner Ranch and Bastrop County. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; TV OUT; INTERNET OUT; AP MEMBERS ONLY
People stand at the parking lot of Bastrop Middle School in Bastrop, Texas, on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. People were evacuated from the area due to a large wildfire. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Deborah Cannon) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; TV OUT; INTERNET OUT; AP MEMBERS ONLY
Connie Seagroves, left, her husband, Wayne, and Tammy Robbins stand next to their boat on FM 1441 near Bastrop, Texas, after evacuating their home due to a large wildfire on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011.(AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Deborah Cannon) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; TV OUT; INTERNET OUT; AP MEMBERS ONLY
BASTROP, Texas (AP) ? Rick Blakely hopes he'll have a home to return to when a wildfire southeast of the Texas capital is contained, but he thinks that's unlikely.
The columns of dark smoke billowing into the sky near the town of Bastrop suggest the 54-year-old Blakely is probably right.
He and about 30 other people who had to flee their homes Sunday spent the night at one of several area emergency shelters. They are hoping their homes weren't among the roughly 300 that authorities say were destroyed.
The wildfire was burning unchecked Monday about 30 miles southeast of Austin. Authorities are using aircraft to battle the blaze because they say it is too dangerous to battle on the ground.
It is the largest of the dozens of wildfires burning in the drought-stricken state.
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