Wildfires force evacuations from Grand Canyon
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Hurricane Valley firefighters have been deployed to the White Sage Fire, which is exhibiting “extreme fire behavior” as it covers over 40,000 acres near Grand Canyon.
The White Sage Fire is nearly 20,000 acres, growing almost 40 times in size in over 48 hours as the nearby Dragon Bravo Fire grows to 5,000 acres.
Access via the North Rim, a lesser-used gateway to the national park, was closed as the White Sage fire continued to burn on Saturday.
A wildfire burning in the Kaibab National Forest that prompted highway closures and expanded evacuations along the northern rim of the Grand Canyon has grown by thousands of acres.As of Saturday morning,
Officials evacuated Jacob Lake and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon was closed to visitors because of the fast-moving White Sage wildfire.
The White Sage Fire was burning in Arizona bout 15 miles southeast of Fredonia in Coconino County and north of the Grand Canyon State Park.
Authorities increased the size of the evacuation zone for the White Sage Fire north of the Grand Canyon on Friday morning.