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The Coconino County Sheriff's Office helped evacuate people from an area north of Jacob Lake and campers in the Kaibab National Forest nearby.
The Colorado State Patrol has been called to help evacuate the campgrounds at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Forest Area.
More than a dozen fires are creating heavy smoke, with more lightning and gusty winds expected for parts of the Western Slope Friday.
Aggressive wind gusts on Thursday afternoon caused the rapid expansion of wildfires across Western Colorado. As of Friday morning, many fires are left blazing and releasing smoke into the atmosphere. Much of that smoke is smothering local communities and diminishing the air quality across the region.
A wildfire and a structure fire started on Thursday in Chaffee County. The sheriff's office said evacuations were being ordered in the Mountain View Estates neighborhood.
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The Chaffee County Sheriff's Office says mandatory evacuations that were ordered soon after fire's ignition remain in place. The fire was named the Mountain View Fire. It started in the middle of the day and by dusk it had grown to about 60 acres.