The Dragon Bravo Fire has burned over 11,000 acres along Grand Canyon National Park's North Rim and damaged or destroyed about 100 structures, including the historic Grand Canyon Lodge, as of July 17. How did the fire, which started after a lightning ...

Partial blue skies in the morning allowed many park visitors to ignore fires on the North Rim. By afternoon, ashfall made for a different story.

The building was surrounded by vegetation on fire when a team of "helitack" firefighters arrived to protect the area on Tuesday. Grand Canyon National Park officials said the crews knew if the pump house fell, the consequences could cripple park operations for months.

Gov. Katie Hobbs questioned the federal government's handling of the Dragon Bravo Fire, which destroyed numerous structures on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, including the historic Grand Canyon Lodge.

"Though it was definitely not your average vacation trip, everything worked out okay. We made the best of it," Russ Christian said.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. land managers are racing the clock as hotter, drier weather raises the risk of wildfires in the nation’s overgrown forests with each passing year.