Northern Arizona’s Dragon Bravo Fire raged all through July and August on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The blaze began on July 4, and on July 13, the wildfire leveled the historic and beloved Grand Canyon Lodge. Now that responders have contained 80% of the hearth, Grand Canyon Nationwide Park has launched an official evaluation of infrastructure injury throughout the park.
“As of late final week, Grand Canyon Nationwide Park and the DOI Burned Space Emergency Response (BAER) Workforce have accomplished post-fire infrastructure assessments on the North Rim,” wrote Grand Canyon National Park in a Fb put up sharing pictures of the injury. “Of the 229 buildings within the space, 106 have been severely broken or destroyed, together with the Grand Canyon Lodge and wastewater remedy plant.”
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Apart from practically half of the buildings, the hearth additionally broken about 1,000 toes of the three,300-foot water pipeline throughout the burn space. The blaze additional left hazardous supplies at three “high-risk websites,” together with the wastewater remedy plant and areas close to the previous lodge.
See Grand Canyon Nationwide Park’s put up with particulars concerning the fireplace evaluation (and pictures) right here:
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