the droughts are worse than they have been there in nearly 100 years. and listen to this, the state forest service says that the battle will likely play out not weeks, but for months. a man is arrested now suspected of destroying eight homes in austin. ed lavandara has been out with this story all day and out with fire crews who are trying to beat back the flames in graham, texas, west of ft. worth. eddie eddie, in the e-mail you said you had just been out with the strike team, and talk to me about that. what did you see? >> reporter: well, we are outside of graham, texas, which is west of ft. worth, and a lot of the major roadways are blocked off by authorities as they kind of get into the wooded and rolling and rocky areas south of this town. to battle the flames that are coming dangerously close over the last few days to this town. several towns south of where we are have been evacuated and we