Texas wildfires leave trail of destruction - in pictures

Fire damage in the Bastrop, Texas area. More than 1,000 homes have been destroyed in the aftermath of a wildfire that gutted over 30,000 acres of pine woods and pasture 30 miles east of Austin Photograph: William Luther/AP

A man uses a chisel and hammer to open a fireproof cabinet after his home was destroyed by fire near Bastrop Photograph: Mike Stone/Reuters

The paint bubbles on the door of a burnt car near Bastrop
Photograph: Larry W. Smith/EPA

Blackened forest left behind as a large wildfire burns near Magnolia Photograph: Smiley N Pool/AP

The burnt remains of a house near Bastrop Photograph: Larry W Smith/EPA

A Chinook helicopter attempts a water drop in the forest east of Bastrop Photograph: Bob Daemmrich/Corbis

Smoke from a wildfire hangs in the sky in Bastrop Photograph: Eric Gay/AP

An aerial image of wildfire damage in the Bastrop area Photograph: William Luther/AP

Homes, cars, boats and a church lie in ruins along Texas Highway 21 east of Bastrop Photograph: Bob Daemmrich/Corbis

Car collector John Chapman surveys the losses at his home in Bastrop. Chapman lost more than 175 cars to the wildfires Photograph: Eric Gay/AP

A wildfire rages through the Texas loblolly pines around Bastrop Photograph: Bob Daemmrich/Corbis

A Bastrop resident watches as a wildfire burns the forest east of the city Photograph: Bob Daemmrich/Corbis

A burnt out house and cars near Magnolia Photograph: Smiley N Pool/AP

Melted aluminium leaks from inside a burnt shed near Bastrop. The fire has destroyed up to 600 homes, the most of any single fire in Texas history Photograph: Mike Stone/Reuters