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The Latest: Firefighters struggle to control wildfires

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In this photo provided by Kiowa County, Colo., Sheriff Casey Sheridan, a railroad trestle burns near the tiny town of Haswell, Colo., Wednesday, June 22, 2016. For days, wildfires have raged amid spiking heat across Southern California and much of the West, forcing many to evacuate. (Casey Sheridan/Kiowa County, Colo., Sheriffs Department via AP) (The Associated Press)

In this handout photograph provided by Kiowa County, Colo., Sheriff Casey Sheridan, a railroad trestle burns near the tiny town of Haswell, Colo., Wednesday, June 22, 2016. (Casey Sheridan/Kiowa County, Colo., Sheriffs Department via AP) (The Associated Press)

A horse grazes as a nearby mountain is engulfed in a brush fire Wednesday, June 22, 2016, in Campo. Calif. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi) (The Associated Press)

The Latest on western wildfires (all times local):

8:38 a.m. MDT

A wildfire in northern Colorado has increased to 11 square miles, and firefighters are trying to keep it from spreading to ranches and homes to the south and east near the Colorado-Wyoming line.

Routt National Forest spokesman Aaron Voos says more firefighters are on the line Thursday. Voos says there are a number of fires that have broken out across the West, and fire commanders are competing for resources.

Voos says a number of campers have been evacuated from the national forest, but no other evacuations have been ordered.