[UPDATE] CO's Black Forest fire spreads; two confirmed dead DENVER, June 13 (UPI) -- Two people were confirmed dead as the evacuation zone of the Black Forest fire near Colorado Springs was expanded Thursday, officials said. El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa said Colorado's most destructive fire in history has destroyed at least 360 homes and has consumed nearly 16,000 acres, The Denver Post reported. Mandatory evacuations were expanded for thousands more residents in Colorado Springs, causing major backups on area roadways. The bodies of two adults who apparently were in the process of packing their car were found together inside a garage, Maketa said. "We were truly hoping we could get from day to day without news like this," he said. It certainly was tragic news we were hoping we could avoid. El Paso County sheriff's deputies earlier cited "dynamic changing conditions" for enlarging the zone in which residents are being encouraged to leave, the Post said.