Over 400 firefighters now have a handle on the Bastrop fire — the state's most destructive fire in 15 years — which has consumed 576 homes inside 38,000 acres since Sunday. Bastrop County officials report the fire is 30% contained. Cooler days and calm winds allowed firefighters to get in front of the blaze, beginning the process of slowing its advance. No additional neighborhoods have been evacuated.

More than 100 specialists from Texas Task Force 1, accompanied by a dozen trained dogs, began a grim house-by-house search for additional victims in the fire-ravaged area on Wednesday, the Austin American-Statesman reported. The state's elite search team was on the scene in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005 and in New York after the World Trade Center terrorist attacks 10 years ago.

No additional victims have been found since two bodies were discovered Tuesday. Officials have not identified the bodies pending notification of family.

Evacuees also returned to their homes in Steiner Ranch at noon Tuesday. Power has been restored to most of the subdivision and the Steiner Ranch Steakhouse has even reopened. The fire is still only 45% contained, but it is no longer threatening homes.

Smoke blanketed many parts of Austin as a weather "inversion" is keeping the smoke low to the ground. Health officials are asking people in the area to use common sense by not not exerting themselves if they are in a smokey area, and to avoid exposure if you have heart or lung disease.

Closer to Houston, a fire burning continues to burn across a three county area where Montgomery, Waller and Grimes Counties merge, but has been 65 percent contained. Channel 13 reports that the fire was 9 miles long and 3.5 miles wide on Wednesday. It has already burned 5,000 acres in Montgomery County, 3,000 acres in Waller County and 2,000 acres in Grimes County and forced the evacuation of 4,500 homes.

A fire also has burned about 700 acres near Needville in Fort Bend County. Thus far, the area has not been evacuated.