Smoke from the High Park Fire rises above the Colorado National Guard Readiness Center near Fort Collins on Sunday, June 17. 
A view of the High Park and its large plume of smoke from Fort Collins on Wednesday, June 13. 
Pat Wright hugs daughter Stephanie Lauger after finding out Wednesday the High Park Fire hasn't destroyed her house. She will be able to return home three days after evacuating. 
A large smoke plume rises from the High Park Fire west of Fort Collins on Wednesday. 
Steve Segin of the U.S. Forest Service shows a map of the size and location of the northern Colorado blaze Tuesday, June 12, in Laporte, Colorado. 
Residents watch the approaching fire Tuesday in the Roosevelt National Forest west of Fort Collins. 
iReporter Victor W. Schendel, a Fort Collins photographer, has been watching the fast-moving wildfire grow and took this photo Tuesday as firefighters attempted to control the blaze. 
Colorado's High Park Fire engulfs trees in flames near Fort Collins on Monday, June 11. 
A helicopter drops water on a hot spot burning close to homes on Monday near Laporte, Colorado. 
Michelle Mellenthin and Chris Huizenga watch firefighting efforts Monday from a Jeep near Laporte. 
Flames threaten houses on the eastern front of the High Park fire near Laporte on Sunday, June 10. 
Robby Wood, left, of Denver and his 16-year-old nephew, Jacob Wood, watch the thick smoke rise over a hill near Laporte. 
The High Park Fire -- about 15 miles west of Fort Collins -- doubled in size overnight to 36,930 acres, or more than 57 square miles, authorities said Monday. 
An orange-tinted sky looms over a small barn near Laporte on Sunday. 
The fire is behaving erratically, fueled by by strong winds, low humidity, high temperatures and dry brush, an official says. 
A firefighting helicopter surveys the High Park Fire for hot spots Sunday near Laporte as the wind-driven blaze spreads. 
A satellite image from NASA shows a plume of smoke from the High Park Fire about 20 miles northwest of Fort Collins on Saturday, June 9. 
The sprawling wildfire lights up the night sky Saturday in a photo from CNN iReporter Randy S. Macht taken in Louisville, Colorado, south of the blaze. 
- The High Park Fire is 50% contained, authorities reported
- The fire has burned more than 58,000 acres, fire officials say
- More than 1,700 firefighters are battling the flames
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(CNN) -- Forecasters are expecting warmer than normal temperatures and gusty winds Tuesday in a northern Colorado area already ravaged by a wildfire, not a good combination for the legion of firefighters trying to extinguish the blaze.
The High Park Fire had consumed more than 58,700 acres of woodland by Monday evening, but it was about 50% contained, authorities reported.
Tuesday's forecast by the National Weather Service is similar to Monday, a day that brought blazing heat and winds that whipped up the blaze.
But firefighters say they can handle the weather conditions because winds are expected to be less than Sunday, a day that firefighters described as "tough."
"The expected winds were not as strong as they were (Sunday). The amount of fire activity in the big timber on the western perimeter was not as extreme," Fire information officer Brett Haberstick said, according to CNN affiliate KCNC. "So therefore we have a lot less smoke and a lot better working conditions for the crews."
More than 1,700 personnel were battling the blaze.
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'Out of control' fire threatens homes The lightning-ignited wildfire that started on June 9 has destroyed 189 homes, and that number is expected to grow. Firefighters are also concerned that the blaze could shift toward dense stands of trees that have been killed by beetle infestations, according to InciWeb, a U.S. multiagency fire response website.
The blaze has moved through forests and neighborhoods, forcing thousands of evacuations and leaving a trail of destruction. It has claimed one life, a 62-year-old woman found dead in her burned home last week.
Elsewhere in Colorado, firefighters are battling a fire near Pagosa Springs that broke out last month. That blaze, also blamed on lightning, had grown to more than 13,000 acres by Monday night and was 30% contained.
And a new fire broke out Sunday and quickly spread to 200 acres near Pueblo, forcing some evacuations of residents.
In New Mexico, the Whitewater Baldy Fire has scorched more than 296,000 acres, the agriculture secretary said.
More than 3,200 fire personnel from across the United States are helping local departments battle the fire, which began on May 16. The blaze was 82% contained as of Monday.
CNN's Greg Morrison contributed to this report.
