Grand Canyon, Gunnison National Park
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Marianna Lands is the lead plaintiff in one of the lawsuits seeking "noneconomic" damages from Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire. She and others are still waiting for the payments, despite a judge ruling in her favor late last year. (Photo courtesy Marianna Lands)
According to the National Park Service, the facility management building, the Western National Parks warehouse, the welding shop, several pieces of heavy equipment, the South Rim Campground, and numerous bathrooms and overlooks throughout the park were either destroyed or heavily damaged in the fire.
The Monroe Canyon Fire, a human-caused wildfire in Sevier County, has spread to over 8,600 acres and is 0% contained, leading to ongoing evacuations. Officials seek to identify a person linked to its start.
A pair of cabins that had been around for "six or seven generations" are among the structures destroyed by a fast-growing fire in central Utah. The Monroe Canyon Fire has now destroyed three cabins, according to the Sevier County Sheriff's Office.
The congressman is the latest lawmaker asking why the Dragon Bravo fire was not immediately extinguished when it was ignited by lightning on July 4.
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The Grand Canyon's North Bravo Fire intensified on July 11, the day before Katy Rock Shop owner Jacob Proctor and his family arrived at the national park.
Heavy winds that swept through Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park on Sunday night started “rapid fire spread” after a relatively slow day of growth, according to fire officials.
Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) questioned the federal government’s handling of the fires burning the Grand Canyon, which have spread rapidly and destroyed dozens of buildings. Two wildfires, the White Sage Fire and the Dragon Bravo Fire,