By | September 06 2011 6:01 AM

Wildfires continued raging through Texas and Oklahoma Monday, threatening homes and buildings. Thousands of acres of dry land were charred in the fire which started last Tuesday.

Sixty separate wildfires, whipped by strong winds, were burning across Texas on Monday, destroying hundreds of homes and killing at least two people, officials said.

An estimated 1,000 homes were being threatened in Bastrop County, just east of Austin, as a 14,000-acre (5,700-hectare) wildfire rages out of control, causing evacuations, Reuters reported.

Check out below the latest pictures of Texas wildfires as flames engulf roads, houses and land in an uncontrollable manner.

 

 

Latest Photos of Raging Wildfire in Texas

Photo: REUTERS/Mike Stone

Extreme heat rises from the ground as flames burn around the entrance to a road as a wildfire goes out of control near Bastrop, Texas, September 5, 2011.

Latest Photos of Raging Wildfire in Texas

Photo: REUTERS/Mike Stone

Flames engulf a road near Bastrop State Park as a wildfire goes out of control near Bastrop, Texas, September 5, 2011.

Latest Photos of Raging Wildfire in Texas

Photo: REUTERS/Mike Stone

Flames roar near Bastrop State Park as a wildfire goes out of control near Bastrop, Texas, September 5, 2011.

Latest Photos of Raging Wildfire in Texas

Photo: REUTERS/Mike Stone

Flames engulf vegetation near Bastrop State Park as a wildfire goes out of control near Bastrop, Texas, September 5, 2011.

Latest Photos of Raging Wildfire in Texas

Photo: REUTERS/Mike Stone

Flames engulf a road near Bastrop State Park as a wildfire goes out of control near Bastrop, Texas, September 5, 2011.

Latest Photos of Raging Wildfire in Texas

Photo: REUTERS/Mike Stone

A fallen tree burns near a fence line on the side of the road as a wildfire advances near Bastrop, Texas, September 5, 2011.

Latest Photos of Raging Wildfire in Texas

Photo: REUTERS/Mike Stone

Flames and smoke rise from above the trees as a wildfire burns near Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas, September 1, 2011.