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A rapidly growing fire near the Grand Canyon has expanded more than ten times in size over the last 24 hours.
Fast-spreading wildfires have forced the evacuation of part of the Grand Canyon, with the US National Park Service ordering visitors and residents away from its northern rim.
Visitors and staff at two national parks in the U.S. West have been evacuated because of wildfires. Black Canyon of t
The Grand Canyon's North Rim in Arizona also closed Thursday because of a wildfire on adjacent Bureau of Land Management land near Jacob Lake. The Coconino County Sheriff's Office said it helped evacuate people from an area north of Jacob Lake and campers in the Kaibab National Forest nearby.