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Among those who fled the wildfires, one family near the town of strawn. nearly every single inch of their 10,000-acre cattle ranch was singed. the fire spared nothing. and a warning, some of the images are disturbing. >> reporter: a texas cowboy rides out through a charred landscape to round up his cattle. instead, justin cormack comes upon a horrifying scene. >> not a lot to say. >> reporter: overrun by a sudden and fast-moving wildfire his family's cows were all but incinerated, a loss that can break even a tough cowboy's heart. >> something you can't really explain. a lot of people think th...

>> reporter: brother jake needs to find new pasture from the cows he saved from the wall of fire. do you ever worry you might go out of business with this? >> yeah. it crossed my mind a lot actually, but we've been really happy that we have friends all over and people, strangers that have really come together and donated as much hay as they can and gone out there lookingherrat the cattle on until we can get over the hump. >> reporter: there really is no other choice. >> it really is a way of life, and i couldn't picture myself doing anything else, even if i was a ceo and make $1 million a year...

It crossed my mind a lot actually, but we've been really lucky in that we have friends all over and people, strangers that have really come together and donated as much hay as they can. and gone out there looking for other grass leases for us to put the cattle on until we can get over the hump. >> reporter: there really is no other choice. >> it really is a way of life, and i couldn't picture myself doing anything else, even if i was a ceo and make $1 million a year. this is what we do. >> reporter: the cormacks say they have overcome tough times before, and so, too, they will endure this tria...

Out there truly risking their lives. trace, thank you. >> reporter: yep. shannon: we've got some incredible images of what's happening right now in texas. take a look at this. hills on fire. this is in the distance near austin. the texas forest service starting a series of controlled burns, trying to get rid of the fuel that exists on the mountains. there was a 100-acre wildfire approaching some suburbs in austin today, and then check this out. a mansion reduced to ashes. this is on possum kingdom lake. all that's left? the chimney. that's it of that house. now, over 900,000 ache -- 200,000 ac...

Ed? >> reporter: they have been doing that. and i think one of the things that will help people understand how massive the wildfire problem here is -- listen to these numbers that have just come out from the texas forest service. essentially they have counted 20 uncontained fires, and listen to the top five of these. we're near a town called strawn, texas, west of ft. worth. the fire that's been getting a lot of attention over the last 48 hours near kingdom lake. so far it's burned almost 150,000 acres. the next one is in coke county, another 150,000 acres. the next one after that, 152,000 acr...