Over the weekend, with

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the fire closing in, 11,000 people were evacuated from the area,

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which was already bustling with tourists who had flocked to attractions like Pikes Peak and Garden of the Gods to kick off the summer season.
Explosive wildfires have burned across much of the West

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in recent weeks. In southwestern New Mexico, the largest wildfire in state history has

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burned nearly 300,000 acres. And in Utah, firefighters were nearing full containment of the Dump Fire, which forced thousands from their homes before evacuation orders were lifted on Saturday. By Sunday evening, the evacuation orders were lifted for Manitou Springs,

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but they remained for some of the other tiny mountain communities tucked around Colorado Springs. With temperatures reaching well into the 90s on Monday and summer winds whipping through the mountains, the 450 firefighters now battling the blaze were bracing

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for another tough day. Tom Tidwell, chief of the United States Forest Service, said that about half of the nation’s personnel dedicated to fighting large wildfires were now focused on Colorado, where more than a half-dozen fires

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were burning and where conditions have not been

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this bad in a decade.
The High Park Fire, which has been burning for weeks near Fort Collins

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and is one of the largest and most destructive blazes in the state’s history, has burned more than 83,000 acres and 248 homes. It is 45 percent contained.
At a Red Cross evacuation center at Cheyenne Mountain High School in

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Colorado Springs, some of those who had fled the Waldo Canyon Fire wondered if their homes were still standing — and when they would be able to find out for certain.Jeff Lira said he rushed from his home in nearby Cascade when the fire hit. “I seen the flames

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shooting over 100 feet. I thought it was a tornado, until I saw those flames,” Mr. Lira said. “I’m afraid I’ve lost everything. But I have no control over Mother Nature.”