Wildfire along Grand Canyon's North Rim destroys historic lodge and is spreading rapidly
Park officials have closed access for the rest of the year to the North Rim, a less popular and more isolated area of the park that draws only about 10% of the Grand Canyon's millions of annual visitors.
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