From CNN: The 600-member Texas Task Force 1 was set to arrive Wednesday in Bastrop County, Texas, where firefighters were battling a huge blaze that has killed at least two people. A leadership team from the task force arrived Tuesday.

Wildfires, which have been raging across the state for nearly 300 days, have claimed 120,000 acres in the past week alone. The Bastrop County Complex Fire, near Austin, is the largest. It began Sunday and has spread across 33,000 acres, forcing the evacuations of at least 5,000 people, officials said Tuesday.

The Texas Forest Service said it has responded to 181 fires over the last week. The fires have destroyed more than 700 homes since Sunday, according to the forest service. More than 1,000 homes have burned in the state since fire season began in November.