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UPDATE: 11:15 a.m. Friday: State Forest State Park is not currently threatened by the fire but the park is not accessible from the east side via Colorado Highway 14 because of the roadblock.
The Crags Campground, American Lakes, Lake Agnes and Michigan Ditch trails are closed due to road closures, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
UPDATE: 10:30 a.m. Friday: The Cameron Peak Fire has grown to 2,180 acres. Firefighters are being assisted by several helicopters and preparing for additional resources. Colorado Highway 14 remains closed from Rustic to Gould, per the U.S. Forest Service Canyon Lakes Ranger District.
The Larimer County Sheriff's Office on Friday sent a tweet saying that residents who live inside roadblocks (Rustic to Gould) and are not in the mandatory evacuation area may access property by showing proof of address.
There are no changes to evacuation areas from Thursday.
ORIGINAL STORY: Firefighters battling the erratic Cameron Peak Fire in the Roosevelt National Forest west of Fort Collins are contending with unfavorable weather conditions Friday.
The National Weather Service said fire danger remains elevated for the area 62 miles west of Fort Collins with high temperatures, wind gusts of 15 to 25 mph and 25% humidity in the fire area. It also calls for those conditions to remain mostly in place through Monday.
Fire managers will put a closure order in place Friday morning, according to incident command.
Tammy Williams, spokeswoman for the Roosevelt National Forest, said the fire was 1,540 acres as of Thursday night. It is burning, in part, in the Rawah Wilderness, a popular area for hikers and campers in the Medicine Bow Mountains of extreme northwestern Larimer County.
There were about 40 firefighters working the fire, with more expected to join them today, along with as aerial resources if weather allows.
Smoke from the Cameron Peak Fire, combined with the nearly 70,000-acre Pine Gulch Fire near Grand Junction and more than 6,200-acre Grizzly Creek Fire in Glenwood Canyon, have created smoky and unhealthy air quality conditions across Colorado's Front Range.
Larimer County, as well as 18 other counties are under an air quality alert due in part to concentrated smoke levels being swept through the ares by wind.
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