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Grand Canyon Fire Has North Rim Residents Wary of the Future
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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.
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.