(15 Jul 2025)
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South Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona – 14 July 2025
1. Various of smoke and fire over the Grand Canyon’s South Rim
2. Mid of visitors taking smoky photos of the Grand Canyon
3. Mid of smoke and fire over the Grand Canyon
STORYLINE:
A wildfire destroyed a historic Grand Canyon lodge and is continuing to spread out of control Monday after it had been allowed to burn for days.
Now the National Park Service’s decision not to aggressively attack the fire right away is coming under scrutiny.
So far the, fire has leveled the historic Grand Canyon Lodge on the North Rim along with over 70 structures, including cabins and a visitor center.
The fire began with a lightning strike on July 4 and intensified over the weekend because of high winds and dry conditions.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has called for a federal investigation into the Park Service’s handling of the fire.
Across the West, about three dozen fires were burning uncontained and another 80 fires were being managed to clear out vegetation that has clogged the landscape, according to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.
So far this year, nearly 2.5 million acres have burned. That’s slightly below the 10-year average, the center said Monday.
A wildfire burning in southwestern Colorado closed Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and forced evacuations nearby. It had burned about 5.7 square miles (14.8 square kilometers) as of Monday. The fire was started by lightning Thursday on the park’s south rim, a dramatic, deep gorge carved by the Gunnison River.
The White Sage Fire also grew significantly over the past day, now having charred 77 square miles (199 square kilometers) of terrain with no containment. Officials reported progress in battling the fire but evacuations.
The Grand Canyon Lodge, known for its huge ponderosa beams, massive limestone facade and a bronze statue of a donkey named “Brighty the Burro,” was perched on the edge of the North Rim and offered sweeping views of the canyon.
An original lodge burned down from a kitchen fire in 1932, four years after construction was completed, according to the Grand Canyon Historical Society. The redesigned lodge using the original stonework opened in 1937.
AP Video by Ross Franklin
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