Smoke from a wildfire hangs over a field of cattle in Bastrop, Texas. Wildfires have destroyed more than 600 homes and blackened about 45 square miles in and around Bastrop. A search team will begin looking for more possible victims of the fire, which has killed two people and forced thousands to evacuate.

First published in the September 07, 2011, 9:51 p.m. edition

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