Two Die Fleeing Worst Blaze Two people have died in the massive wildfire that has forced about 40,000 people to be evacuated from the Colorado Springs area. The bodies were found in the garage of a home in a heavily wooded area, El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa said at a news conference. He said their car doors "were open as if they were loading." "All evidence from the scene is they were planning on departing," he added. Two other people who had been reported missing were found safe. A burnt out car lies abandoned in the forest Up to 360 homes are thought to have been destroyed by the Black Forest Fire with officials fearing the worst for others who left it too late to leave. El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa said the number of destroyed homes may rise, as authorities have not been able to verify the condition of some 80 other houses. Gusty winds are causing the fire to spread unpredictably. The fire was one of several that broke out along Colorado's Front Range on Tuesday and quickly spread in high winds and record heat. It has burned about 12 square miles and forced the evacuation of more than 7,000 people in an area over 47 square miles. The disaster has now surpassed last summer's devastating Waldo Canyon Fire that destroyed 347 homes and killed two. "Everywhere you looked, you saw scattered fires, almost like there was a huge convention of campfires everywhere, and periodically you'd see trees just pop into a fireball," Sheriff Maketa said. About 60 miles southwest of the Black Forest fire, a six-square-mile wildfire near Royal Gorge Bridge Park remains out of control, but winds have been pushing the flames away from Canon City and structures. The Royal Gorge blaze has destroyed three structures near Canon City, but the soaring suspension bridge spanning a canyon across the Arkansas River appears undamaged. The bridge has wood planking but is suspended by steel supports. It is normally a tourist attraction but firefighters are now using it to access the fire. The fires are spreading unpredictably More than 900 prisoners at the nearby Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility were taken to other jails because of the danger from heavy smoke. A third wildfire in southern Colorado erupted on Tuesday in rural Huerfano County. The Klikus Fire had burned an estimated 45 to 50 acres west of La Veta, prompting evacuation orders for about 200 residences. The causes of those fires have not been immediately confirmed. Another fire sparked by lightning on Monday in Rocky Mountain National Park has now grown to an estimated 300 to 400 acres. No structures were threatened. Wildfires were also burning in New Mexico and California, where a smokejumper was killed fighting one of dozens of lightning-sparked fires. Luke Sheehy, of Susanville, California, was fatally injured by part of a falling tree in Modoc National Forest.