The Dragon Bravo fire has burned more than 5,000 acres and destroyed numerous historic Grand Canyon structures.

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.

A new report has calculated that making national parks the responsibility of states would raise costs, cut revenue and reduce access for Arizonans.

“The North Rim of the Grand Canyon is like another world,” said Ethan Aumack, executive director of the Grand Canyon Trust, who has fond memories of skiing through the woods to the rim after the lone road that leads there closes for the winter. “It feels like a much more personal place.”

The Dragon Bravo Fire in Arizona has destroyed dozens of structures and a water treatment facility on the Grand Canyon's North Rim.

Officials in Arizona and Colorado have closed huge swaths of parkland to visitors after lightning-sparked blazes destroyed thousands of acres and hundreds of structures

Over 1,000 people have been assigned to fight the Dragon Bravo Fire burning near the Grand Canyon and the White Sage Fire burning farther north.

A fast-moving wildfire near the Grand Canyon’s North Rim has destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge and dozens of other structures, triggered a chlorine gas leak, and forced widespread evacuations.

Mandatory evacuation orders issued for Grand Canyon's North Rim as White Sage Fire burns 1,000 acres, with Highway 89A closed and officials warning of extreme heat.