Wildfire destroys historic Grand Canyon Lodge, North Rim closes for the season

The Grand Canyon Lodge was 1 of dozens of structures destroyed successful a fast-moving wildfire successful Arizona implicit the weekend, the National Park Service (NPS) confirmed.

The lodge, which sits connected the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, archetypal opened successful 1937 and is listed arsenic a National Historic Landmark. It is the lone in-park lodging enactment successful that portion of the park.

The fire, dubbed by officials arsenic the Dragon Bravo Fire, had scorched implicit 5,000 acres arsenic of Sunday greeting and is being fueled by utmost summertime heat, debased humidity and beardown winds.

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A 2nd fire, the White Sage Fire, is besides threatening the Grand Canyon's North Rim, according to NPS.

The lodge is 1 of astir 50 to 80 structures that person been lost, including the National Park Service's administrative gathering and visitant facilities.

NPS officials said aerial bucket drops were conducted to dilatory occurrence question adjacent the lodge; however, a chlorine state leak astatine the adjacent h2o attraction installation prompted the evacuation of firefighting unit from captious zones.

Chlorine state tin rapidly settee into little elevations specified arsenic the interior canyon, posing a wellness risk, officials added.

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No deaths oregon injuries person been reported successful the fire, and each unit and residents were successfully evacuated earlier the fire’s escalation, NPS officials said.

The North Rim volition stay closed to each visitant entree for the remainder of the 2025 season, according to NPS.