Grand Canyon, Wildfire
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A new report has calculated that making national parks the responsibility of states would raise costs, cut revenue and reduce access for Arizonans.
Partial blue skies in the morning allowed many park visitors to ignore fires on the North Rim. By afternoon, ashfall made for a different story.
A fast-moving wildfire destroyed a historic lodge and dozens of other structures on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, forcing officials to close access to that area for the season, the park said Sunday.
Officials are reminding tourists that the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is still open for business despite the Dragon Bravo Fire on the North Rim.
Officials in Arizona and Colorado have closed huge swaths of parkland to visitors after lightning-sparked blazes destroyed thousands of acres and hundreds of structures
A fast-moving wildfire near the Grand Canyon’s North Rim has destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge and dozens of other structures, triggered a chlorine gas leak, and forced widespread evacuations.
Winds are expected to pick up through the week as the White Sage Fire and Dragon Bravo Fire burn in northern Arizona. Ian has the firefighting forecast.
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