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Patrick Pester

Grand Canyon Dragon wildfire burns down historic lodge and triggers toxic gas leak

A photograph of a large plume of smoke rising above the North Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park .

A wildfire has ignited the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, burning down the Grand Canyon Lodge and other historic cabins.

Firefighters were managing the Dragon Bravo Fire, started by a lightning strike, when an uncommonly strong gust of wind pushed the fire beyond multiple containment features on Friday (July 11), according to InciWeb, the U.S. government's incident information management system website.

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