Wildfires close Grand Canyon's North Rim
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A historic lodge on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim has been destroyed by a wildfire. Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Ed Keeble told park residents and staff that the Grand Canyon Lodge, the only lodging at the North Rim,
Grand Canyon National Park evacuated Phantom Ranch and areas of the inner canyon after the rapidly growing Dragon Bravo Fire led to the leak of poisonous gas.
The White Sage and Dragon Bravo fires have burned a combined 24,000 acres, only miles apart from one another near the Grand Canyon.
The White Sage Fire was burning in Arizona bout 15 miles southeast of Fredonia in Coconino County and north of the Grand Canyon State Park.