Wildfires scorch over 1,000 square miles in Texas

A Texas Forest Service air tanker drops fire retardant near a home in Coke County, Texas, while fighting a wildfire Monday afternoon, April 18.

A firefighter lights a back burn to prevent a wildfire from jumping the highway in Coke County, Texas, on Monday, April 18.

Smoke rises in the air as the wildfire in Coke County, Texas, burns on Monday afternoon, April 18.

Scorched earth and burned trees are all that are left standing after a wildfire blazed through early on Monday, April 18, in Coke County, Texas.