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A fast-mov­ing wild­fire de­stroyed a his­toric lodge and dozens of oth­er struc­tures on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, forc­ing of­fi­cials to close ac­cess to that area for the sea­son, the park said Sun­day.

The Grand Canyon Lodge, the on­ly lodg­ing in­side the park at the North Rim, was con­sumed by the flames, park Su­per­in­ten­dent Ed Ke­able told park res­i­dents, staff and oth­ers in a meet­ing Sun­day morn­ing. He said the vis­i­tor cen­ter, the gas sta­tion, a waste wa­ter treat­ment plant, an ad­min­is­tra­tive build­ing and some em­ploy­ee hous­ing were among the 50 to 80 struc­tures lost. “Nu­mer­ous” his­toric cab­ins in the area al­so were de­stroyed, the park said.

In this pho­to pro­vid­ed by the Na­tion­al Park Ser­vice, smoke from wild­fires set­tles over Grand Canyon Na­tion­al Park in north­ern Ari­zona on Fri­day, Ju­ly 11, 2025. (Joelle Baird/Grand Canyon Na­tion­al Park)