The National Park Service is defending its handling of a lightning-sparked wildfire that destroyed the nearly century-old Grand Canyon Lodge and dozens of historic cabins, saying containment lines had ...

National Park Service officials initially managed the fire as a controlled burn, but hot and windy weather conditions fueled the fire and caused it to spread rapidly. Republic photographer ...

As heavy plumes of smoke from the Dragon Bravo Fire push into the Grand Canyon and extreme summer temperatures continue to ...

Fire crews sometimes allow lightning-strike fires to burn, and made the decision to do that on the Dragon Bravo Fire, intended to reduce hazardous fuels and vegetation along the North Rim of the Grand ...