The Dragon Bravo Fire has burned more than 8,500 acres southeast of the Grand Canyon. The fire was sparked by lightning on July 4 and has destroyed dozens of structures on the North Rim, including the historic Grand Canyon Lodge.

Firefighters are battling a lightning-caused wildfire on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The Dragon Bravo Fire has burned down the Grand Canyon Lodge and triggered a chlorine gas leak.

The National Park Service is defending its decisions regarding letting the Dragon Bravo Fire burn before it got out of control.

The Dragon Bravo Fire on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park is exhibiting “extreme and volatile fire behavior,” park officials said in a release Sunday. The wildfire has

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.