Wildfire threatens Grand Canyon's North Rim
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Two fast-moving wildfires—the Dragon Bravo and White Sage fires—have scorched more than 45,000 acres, destroyed the iconic North Rim lodge and dozens of structures, and led to long-term closures in the Grand Canyon.
Jamie Coffin recalls being one of several people flown out of the Grand Canyon because of a chlorine gas leak.
Wildfires have forced evacuations at two U.S. national parks in the West as summer monsoon storms increase lightning in the region.
The North Rim was evacuated Thursday because of wildfire and will remain closed for the rest of the season, the park said in a statement.
A growing wildfire ignited by lightning is prompting evacuations near the Grand Canyon after burning through over 1,000 acres in Arizona
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — 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.