
Wildfire that destroyed Grand Canyon lodge spread after being left to burn for days
Associated Press
created: July 15, 2025, 11:05 a.m. | updated: July 15, 2025, 12:53 p.m.
“Arizonans deserve answers for how this fire was allowed to decimate the Grand Canyon National Park,” the governor said in a social media post on Sunday.
The fire destroyed the Grand Canyon Lodge, the only lodging inside the park’s North Rim, along with cabins, employee housing and a waste water treatment plant, the park superintendent, Ed Keable, said on Sunday.
Nearly 5 million people visited the Grand Canyon last year, with most sticking to the South Rim.
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An original lodge burned down from a kitchen fire in 1932, four years after construction was completed, according to the Grand Canyon Historical Society.
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