South Rim Fire Engulfs Black Canyon
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Fire at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park still not contained heading into dry, hot weekend
Multiple state and federal agencies are fighting a large fire in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, where two separate blazes started Thursday morning. The entire park remains evacuated and closed to the public.
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — A wildfire that tore through a historic Grand Canyon lodge and raged out of control Monday had been allowed to burn for days before erupting over the weekend, raising scrutiny over the National Park Service’s decision not to aggressively attack the fire right away.
We are continuing to track the fires all across western Colorado, with the South Rim Fire within the Black Canyon of the Gunnison seeing over 1,600 acres burned as of midnight this morning.
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