What does one do when a carefully planned fire turns into an inferno that redefines a fabled landscape? That’s the dilemma facing the North Rim of the Grand Canyon after the Dragon Bravo Fire, which began as a controlled burn but turned into a raging force,

U.S. land managers are racing the clock as hotter, drier weather raises the risk of wildfires in the nation’s overgrown forests with each passing year.

"As stewards of some of our country's most beloved national treasures, we are devastated by the loss of the Grand Canyon Lodge," Aramark, the company that operated the lodge, said in a statement.