Three hundred and eighty-nine homes have been lost to the blaze, which has scorched nearly sixteen thousand homes.
Eight hundred fire fighters as well as multiple air craft are battling the flames.
They are being led by a Type 1 Command Team, which took over operations on Thursday morning.
Authorities consider it to be five percent contained and are hoping for full containment on June 20.
Officials are investigating the cause of the fire, but say no lightning had struck near the area, when the fire started.
Thirty-four thousand homes have been ordered evacuated, including parts of Colorado Springs, and many more are on standby, forcing forty thousand people out of the area.
The mandatory evacuation area stretches from North Gate and Old North Gate Road, in the north; Voyager Parkway, on the west; Flying Horse Club Drive to include homes south of Flying Horse Club Drive on Barossa Valley Road and Veneto Wary/Vine Cliff Heights/Equinox Drive/Serenity Peak Drive, to the south; and Highway 83, at the east.
Various roads around that area have been closed, to ensure no one gets in the way of emergency personnel. That includes a partial closure of a stretch of Interstate 25, from Interquest to Baptist.
Several other areas are on voluntary evacuation status. Members of the Colorado National Guard are assisting police in ensuring that no looting occurs in the evacuated areas.
Air quality advisories have spread all along the front range. Burn bans are going into effect in many areas, because of the fires.
The Black Forest Fire is the most destructive in Colorado's history, but it is only one of ten that are currently burning in the state.
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