Wildfires close Grand Canyon's North Rim
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Parts of the Jacob Lake area are under GO evacuation orders, and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon is also evacuating. The fire has grown to nearly 50,000 acres.
It took one week for a naturally occurring wildfire at Grand Canyon National Park to grow from a low-level threat to a full-on disaster. On July 4, a lightning strike ignited a wildfire on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
The Dragon Bravo Fire started on July 4 and was managed at first as a controlled burn. Then the wind picked up, and it quickly became uncontrollable.