Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim closure
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A historic lodge on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim is among more than 70 structures lost as a result of a fast-moving wildfire that continues to burn out of control.Video captured on July 14, shows smoke from the Dragon Bravo Fire along the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
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.
The nearly century-old Grand Canyon Lodge in far northern Arizona was a refuge for ambitious hikers and adventurous tourists eager to bask in the magnificent views of one of the most remote and renowned landscapes in the world.
The Dragon Bravo Fire has shut down the North Rim of the Grand Canyon for the rest of the 2025 season, but there's still plenty to do if you have a trip planned up north.
Firefighters continue to work to contain two massive wildfires on the North Rim, but businesses on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon are urging the public to visit.
The Grand Canyon Lodge, which burned in the Dragon Bravo Fire over the weekend of July 12-13, was on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
A water treatment facility at the North Rim had been compromised by the fire, causing chlorine gas to fall towards the bottom of the canyon.
Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) questioned the federal government’s handling of the fires burning the Grand Canyon, which have spread rapidly and destroyed dozens of buildings. Two wildfires, the White Sage Fire and the Dragon Bravo Fire,