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Officials ignored 'critical' warnings on Grand Canyon blaze, fire plan shows

Grand Canyon fire plan shows officials publicly downplayed safety threats as fuel and weather conditions reached the brink of ...

Grand Canyon officials minimized Dragon Bravo Fire risk, despite environmental indicators

The National Park Service painted a rosy picture of the Dragon Bravo Fire, but weather forecasts at the Grand Canyon held a ...

Lawmakers renew calls for probe of Grand Canyon fire after The Republic's report

After an Arizona Republic investigation, lawmakers demand to know why the National Park Service ignored data in its own fire management plan.

Grand Canyon fire grows into a megafire and creates its own weather. It’s not done yet

The Dragon Bravo Fire exploded in size along the Grand Canyon’s North Rim this week as heat and strong winds drove the growth ...

Video shows Grand Canyon wildfire smoke forming huge pyrocumulus cloud as dry conditions fuel flames

The wildfire that destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge​ earlier this month has expanded in recent days, fueled by hot, ...

Flash flood warning issued for northern Arizona, Grand Canyon North Rim

The weather service has issued a flash flood warning for in and around the Dragon Bravo Fire scar at the Grand Canyon in ...

Beloved Grand Canyon statue Brighty the Burro survives a wildfire, but his road to recovery is uncertain

A big bronze statue of a donkey named Brighty the Burro has been recovered from the charred rubble of the Grand Canyon Lodge ...

Brighty the Burro, Beloved Grand Canyon Statue, Is Rescued From Wildfire

The statue was missing an ear and two front legs, but it was mostly intact when crews recovered it from the Dragon Bravo fire ...
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Fire-related closures ease as North Rim wildfire reaches 62% containment

The Dragon Bravo Fire, which has burned 145,500 acres on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, is now 62% contained, according to a press release issued Thursday morning by ...