Wildfires destroy historic lodge on Grand Canyon’s North Rim, park says | US wildfires
The park said on Sunday that a historical hut in the northern rim of the large canyon was destroyed by a fast -moving forest fire.
Park Kable, Ed Kable, on Sunday morning in a meeting to the residents, staff and others in a statement, the only accommodation in the park in Northern Rim Grand Canyon Lodge, was consumed by flames. Visitor center, gas station, a wastewater treatment plant, an administrative building and some employee houses have also disappeared, he said.
Two fire burns on or near the north edge known as the white sage and bravo dragon fire, and burned more than 45,000 acres of collectively. The White Sage Fire burned 40,126 acres near the North city, while Dragon Bravo Fire reached 5,000 acres burned south at the Great Canyon National Park. According to InciwebA federal government is a forest fire audience.
Bravo Dragon fire is the fire that affects the hut and other structures. Firefighters, the park initially managed as a controlled burnt, but rapidly shifted to the suppression, he said. It was fired by Yıldırım on July 4.
After a storm on July 9, the US Land Management Office began to receive smoke reports in the field of White Sage Fire.
On Friday, the Sheriff Office of Coconino district reported that the entire region was under evacuation and urged the inhabitants to leave immediately.
Millions of people visit the Grand Canyon National Park every year and most of them go to more popular South Rim. The north rim is seasonally open. Wildfire was released last Thursday.
Park officials said in a statement on Sunday, burning of the water treatment plant, firefighters and hikers to evacuate from the internal canyon resulted in the release of chlorine gas. Chlorine gas is heavier than the air and quickly settled at lower heights such as internal canyon and creates a health risk.
Meanwhile, the authorities reported progress in the fight against a second forest fire in the north of the Great Canyon. Authorities, White Sage Fire and Jacob Lake Jacob Lake forced the evacuation of fire lines, he said. On the southern edge of the fire, hand teams and bulldozers were working uphill and the spread of the fire was minimal.
However, in the east and north, the fire spread rapidly, the grass and the standing dead trees contributed to the intensity of the fire, he said. The fire was pushing downhill to the Vermilion Cliffs area and the crew were evaluating the opportunities to create buffer zones that help slow or stop the progress of the fire.
