Winds in the West are helping stoke wildfires sweeping across the Northern Rocky Mountains, Pacific Northwest and elsewhere, posing problems for firefighters trying to contain the flames fed by drought.

Weather was expected to worsen fires in some areas, as the federal government said it will exhaust its firefighting budget next week. Here's a look at blazes in Western states:

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OREGON

Two large fires in Oregon have burned through buildings and forced evacuations as strong winds pick up, sending guests of a resort fleeing.

A fire on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in rural central Oregon exploded to more than 50 square miles Friday, forcing evacuations of a rural subdivision and a resort that had 400 guests booked Thursday night.

The fire was expected to keep growing as strong winds push it through dry grassland. Sparks from a passing vehicle started the flames earlier this week that destroyed three structures, including a mobile home.

In eastern Oregon, a lightning-caused fire south of Baker City moved west toward Black Mountain and several summer homes. People in that area and those along a creek to the south were ordered to evacuate.

The 20-square-mile fire burned an unknown number of structures in a neighborhood Thursday.

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WASHINGTON

Firefighters across Washington state are facing extreme heat and high winds as they battle large blazes and numerous smaller fires across the dry state, and officials feared lightning storms Friday could make it worse.

Hundreds of people were evacuating from the central Washington city of Chelan as lightning-sparked wildfires advanced. Flames and smoke were visible from downtown.

The fires were among those being battled throughout Washington, including an uncontained blaze near Cougar Creek that had burned 28 square miles near the Yakima Indian Reservation. The state requested help Friday from the National Guard to fight that fire.

A wildfire ignited by a plane crash that killed two people in a rugged area of northern Washington state chased hundreds of people from their homes and burned 10 to 12 structures.

And a blaze northeast of Colville scorched almost 5 square miles and forced evacuations at campgrounds in the area.

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IDAHO

A giant blaze on the Idaho-Oregon border grew to 414 square miles Friday, scorching grassland ranchers need to feed cattle and primary habitat for sage grouse, a bird being considered for federal protection.

The Owyhee County Sheriff's Office recommended residents evacuate several drainages on the southern edge of the fire, and some roads were closed to recreational visitors, but locals were allowed in.

Dozens of smaller fires burned forested areas of the state, mainly caused by lightning storms.

In central Idaho, a 600-acre fire 13 miles north of Crouch in timber is the largest of three fires started in that area when lightning moved through earlier this week.

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NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS

Hot, dry weather has helped ignite dozens of new wildfires across the Northern Rockies, and lightning and strong winds were expected make things worse, officials said.

Thunderstorms could start new blazes and lead existing ones to spread but would not bring enough moisture to help crews battling the flames in drought conditions in Montana, Idaho and parts of North Dakota and Wyoming, said Bryan Henry of the Northern Rockies Coordination Center.

The weather helped the largest Montana fire, in Glacier National Park, spread from just a few acres Sunday to more than 23 square miles Friday. It is uncontained in a remote area of the park, where it has forced some trail closures and is threatening two cabins, fire officials said.

A lightning-sparked fire in the Helena National Forest northeast of Lincoln has grown to 2 square miles since Monday. Its rapid growth led to the evacuation of a dozen nearby cabins, most of which are second homes.

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CALIFORNIA

Wildfires racing through drought-stricken Southern California have burned nearly 1,000 acres of land and two cabins.

A fire erupted shortly after 1 p.m. Friday in the Angeles National Forest northeast of Los Angeles.

Gusty winds quickly drove the flames through 800 acres of brushy ridges near Glendora. At least one cabin has burned. Two campgrounds containing at least 40 people have been evacuated.

About 130 firefighters are battling the flames in 100-degree heat. Two cabins have burned.

Another fire erupted Friday afternoon in Simi Valley, just northwest of Los Angeles. It's destroyed 140 acres of land is plowing through hills next to subdivisions containing hundreds of homes.

In Northern California, firefighters made more gains Friday against a wildfire 100 miles north of San Francisco that forced some mountain-town dwellers to evacuate for the second time in days.

Two fires have charred dry Lower Lake, the most recent burning 38 square miles of thick brush and oak trees in Lake and Napa counties. It is more than halfway contained.

An earlier, larger fire in the same area was finally fully contained Friday more than two weeks after it broke out. The blaze destroyed 43 homes.

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NATIONAL EFFORTS

The U.S. Forest Service is spending about $100 million a week fighting wildfires and will exhaust its firefighting budget next week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Friday.

The agency will have to tap fire-prevention programs and other budgets, said Vilsack, whose department includes the Forest Service. Firefighting consumes 52 percent of the service's budget and could reach 67 percent in 10 years, he said.

Vilsack wants Congress to use a separate federal disaster fund to pay for the worst 2 percent of wildfires, which eat up a big part of the Forest Service firefighting budget.

The House passed a bill last month to let the Forest Service use disaster funds when it drains its fire budget. Vilsack said that doesn't go far enough because firefighting would continue to grow as share of the total budget under the current system.