They're saying the worst one, the Bastrop fire, is still 0% contained. 25,000 acres have burned, 476 homes destroyed. The Austin American Statesman has info, plus if you want to panic accurately you can follow @statesman and @txstormchasers on Twitter, plus #centraltxfires
The Red Cross is taking donations and has some info on evacuation centers.
I was actually reading an article just recently in Audubon magazine about how much worse the problem of wildfires has gotten in recent years, due to a variety of environmental factors...