Posted on 07/14/2025 7:05:59 AM PDT by Red Badger
The historic Grand Canyon North Rim Lodge is gone.
Historic Grand Canyon Lodge among dozens of buildings burned in wildfire; chlorine gas leak hampers firefight Dozens of buildings inside the North Rim of the Grand Canyon have been destroyed, including a historic lodge, as a chlorine gas leak has forced firefighter evacuations from the Dragon Bravo Fire. WWW.FOXWEATHER.COM https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/dragon-bravo-wildfire-destroys-grand-canyon-lodge-chlorine-gas-leak Firefighters have been unable to fight the Dragon Bravo Fire, burning on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, and were forced to evacuate because of a chlorine gas leak.
Among the buildings burned by the Dragon Bravo Fire on Friday afternoon was the area's water treatment facility, which in turn released a plume of chlorine gas, national park officials said.
Park authorities immediately evacuated firefighters from the North Rim and all hikers from the inner canyon, as chlorine is heavier than air and will settle into lower elevations.
NOAA says that nearby communities don't need to worry about the chlorine gas and that they are tracking its spread.
National Park officials say preliminary assessments indicate 50 - 80 structures have been lost, including the Grand Canyon Lodge and numerous historic cabins in the developed area. Other buildings lost include National Park Service administrative buildings and visitor facilities.
The fire has been going for more than a week now, being sparked by lightning on the 4th of July. Firefighters have had to stop the aerial fire retardant drops because of the gas leak.
The [Dragon Bravo] fire now sits at 5,000 acres and remains 0% contained. Dozens of firefighters are assigned to battle the blaze.
Crews are also battling the White Sage Fire, which is burning just north of the North Rim and has consumed over 10,000 acres.
Pray for our forest firefighters out West!
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Major loss. Not just because of losing the lodge, but because I lack confidence that any replacement building will be nearly as cool.
The National Park great lodges are real Americana.
Containment and fighting delayed cost America this part of history.
As I read it appears to be wokeness in play.
Cant use chemicals, gotta protect the environment.
So everything has to die
With Trump in office, we may get a good replacement “
I sure hope so, staying there was on our bucket list
Agreed.
This hurts. I had my first view of the canyon from the patio of this lodge.
If Kamala had won there would already be plans rolled out to build section 8 housing there.
“I had my first view of the canyon from the patio of this lodge.”
Me too. Maybe the brick and stonework is still intact and the wood parts can be replaced.
Thought it had burned a few years ago.
Kamala would have built a western saloon.
Lightning started fire. Because it was “natural” they decided to let it burn. Then they lost control of it. The NPS extremists destroyed this 100 year old treasure and that entire north rim visitor area.
IIRC, Theadore Roosevelt built that lodge, back whenever. It was a beautiful place, even more so since you were typically a bit loopy from being at 10,000 feet.
You really nailed it. Thank you.
Because they are lazy ass morons, they decided to let nature take its course.
We should start a letter and email writing campaign demanding the firing of the decision makers.
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Theodore Roosevelt had been dead for years when the Grand Canyon Lodge was built.
I sent mine. I encourage everyone who is fed up with Federal land management and its numerous bureaucratic failures to tell The Donald to ream them out.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Regardless, taxpayers built it. I'm sick of politicians taking credit for this stuff.
Actually, it was built by the Utah Parks Company, a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad. I don’t know how much taxpayer money was used, if any, either in the original construction or in the rebuilding after the 1932 fire.
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