( CNN ) -- A wind-fueled wildfire of epic proportions breached fire lines Tuesday and entered Colorado Springs , Colorado , bringing to at least 32,000 the number of people evacuated in the area and at the U.S. Air Force Academy , authorities said . `` The fire conditions could not be worse , '' said Anne Rys-Sikora , spokeswoman for a multiagency fire response team . `` It is like a convection oven out there . '' Residents of the North Mountain Shadows and Peregrine communities in Colorado Springs were ordered to leave their homes , authorities said . Multiple structures in North Mountain Shadows were being affected by the Waldo Canyon Fire , officials said Tuesday night . Colorado Springs set a record high of 101 on Tuesday as firefighters contended with brutal conditions , including ash falling on highways and neighborhoods . Officials rushed in crews and aerial equipment in a bid to slow the fire . The 6,200-acre fire remained only 5 % contained . Officials labeled it as exhibiting `` extreme fire behavior . '' A grim weather forecast for the rest of the week left residents concerned . `` The fire is moving , '' said Rys-Sikora . The U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs issued an evacuation order for about 700 residents in its Pine Valley Housing and 1,400 in Douglass Valley Housing , said public affairs officer John Van Winkle . The academy 's powered flight , glider and parachuting operations were called off Saturday so that the U.S. Forest Service could use runways for helicopters used to fight fires along Colorado 's Front Range , Van Winkle said . The academy 's Class of 2016 , all 1,045 cadets , will arrive Thursday . Town hall meetings about the Waldo Canyon Fire have drawn hundreds of concerned Colorado Springs residents . `` It 's one thing to hear of wildfires , '' said Van Winkle . `` it 's another to see it from a stop sign and from the back yard . '' Dave Barjenbruch , a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Boulder , said the past week has been hellish across Colorado . `` Even in the foothills , where most of the fires are going on , most days have been in the single-digit humidity , '' he told CNN . Thunderstorms such as the one that fed the Waldo Canyon Fire on Tuesday are heavy on fire-feeding gusty winds and low on much-needed rainfall , Barjenbruch said . The forecast for Colorado Springs and much of the state does n't look encouraging , said Barjenbruch . `` Things do n't look like they are in a hurry to change here , '' he said . Meanwhile , a new fire in Boulder , northwest of Denver , prompted pre-evacuation notices to 2,300 phone numbers . Six other wildfires were active in the state , according to the Colorado Division of Emergency Management . The largest of the fires was the High Park Fire , which began June 9 and has now consumed 87,250 acres , the U.S. Forest Service said . It was 65 % contained Tuesday . The total number of homes lost rose to 257 . The Federal Emergency Management Agency authorized the use of federal funds to help fight the Waldo Canyon Fire after Colorado Springs and surrounding El Paso County declared an emergency , which allows them to receive state and federal aid . The mandatory evacuation for Crystal Park was changed to voluntary , Rys-Sikora told CNN . Almost all of Utah was under a red-flag warning , with at least three wildfires burning Tuesday . Authorities said they found the body of one person after they entered the evacuated areas of the Wood Hollow Fire . The victim had not been identified , according to the Sanpete County Sheriff 's Office . FEMA is providing funds to help fight the Wood Hollow Fire , which has grown to 39,000 acres since starting Saturday afternoon . Containment was 15 % . Tuesday , the east side of U.S. 89 had its evacuations lifted and residents in Fairview Ranchos were also let in . Sanpete County is leaving the evacuation orders in effect for the west side of Hwy 89 . West of Provo , Utah , the Dump Fire stood at 5,007 acres and was 100 % contained , officials said .
At least 32,000 people are forced out of their homes . Air Force Academy moves residents out of housing areas . Body found in evacuation area of Utah fire . Response team spokeswoman : `` The fire conditions could not be worse ''