The Dragon Bravo Fireplace burning within the Grand Canyon in Arizona has burned greater than 100,000 acres because it started on July 4. The hearth is 9% contained, however continues burning all through the North RIm of the Grand Canyon.
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. – A wildfire that broke out in Grand Canyon Nationwide Park has now been deemed a “megafire” as a result of its dimension.
The Dragon Bravo fireplace ignited from a lightning strike on July 4. As firefighters readied to comprise the blaze, fireplace circumstances quickly modified, inflicting the hearth to blow up in dimension.
Dragon Bravo Fireplace glowing pyrocumulus cloud taken on July 28, 2025.
(L. Cisneros / Nationwide Park Service)
As of Friday, the Dragon Bravo Fireplace has burned 111,970 acres, changing into a “megafire” – a time period given by the U.S. Forest Service when a fireplace reaches over 100,000 acres.
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Above Grand Canyon Lodge and the southern terminus of Arizona State Route 67 within the North Rim developed space. The stays of Grand Canyon Lodge is seen left of heart.
(NPS Picture / Matt Jenkins)
Timber and brush proceed to be the first gas for the hearth.
Practically 1,200 personnel are battling the wildfire, which is now 9% contained.
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Dozens of buildings contained in the North Rim of the Grand Canyon have been destroyed, together with a historic lodge, as a chlorine gasoline leak has pressured firefighter evacuations after the Dragon Bravo Fireplace exhibited excessive and unstable habits and ripped via the area on Friday.
The hearth closed the Grand Canyon’s North Rim for the rest of the 2025 season after inflicting important harm, together with burning the historic Grand Canyon Lodge and the Grand Canyon Customer’s Heart. In complete, 70 constructions have been misplaced, in line with the Nationwide Park Service.
A number of trails throughout the Grand Canyon’s internal rim are additionally closed as a result of smoke accumulation from the Dragon Bravo Fireplace.
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On this handout picture supplied by Grand Canyon Nationwide Park, Two firefighters stand silhouetted towards an intense orange-red sky because the Dragon Bravo Fireplace burns via a forested space at night time, with flames and smoke rising within the background at Grand Canyon Nationwide Park on July 12, 2025.
(Grand Canyon Nationwide Park by way of Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Fireplace officers stated the hearth continues pushing north, notably right into a burn scar from a 2006 wildfire known as the Heat Fireplace.
Climate circumstances on Friday might assist firefighters combat the hearth, as relative humidity is predicted to be inside 15-20%, the very best humidity in eight days.
However general, excessive fireplace circumstances nonetheless stay in place.
