The Grand Canyon, among the most famous American western natural parks in the world, has been prey to a fire out of control for a month that has already devastated almost 50,000 hectares and has forced the authorities to close its northern shore Ultra -Tuta.
The fires, activated by Lightning on July 4 – National Day in the United States, fight day and night, on earth and in the air, by more than a thousand firefighters.
“Despite a moisture at a very low rate of 4%, (the Firefighters) managed to control the growth of the fire”, the command of the soldiers of the state of Arizona on Monday, August 4.
Content with only 13%
According to the INCIWEB government site, which monitors fires throughout the country, the “brave dragon fire”, described as “Mega Fire”, only contains 13% and runs the risk of extending in the next few days due to the very dry and very hot time in Arizona.
It is already the largest fire in the United States with more than 49,700 hectares that went to smoke on Monday.
The Grand Canyon Park, visited every year for about 4.5 million American and foreigners, had closed its northern shore in mid -July (North Rim) for the rest of the season, that is, until October 15.
The southern coast (southern edge) of the Grand Canyon, preferred by the vast majority of visitors, remains accessible.
“Between 50 and 80 infrastructure” they destroyed
The park authorities, where an impressive column of smoke overlooks the huge bright throat excavated by the Colorado River, had been evacuated in July by half a million tourists and employees for a month.
“Dragon Bravo Fire” did not make any victim, but was destroyed according to the authorities “between 50 and 80 infrastructure” on the north shore, including the only hotel in the area, Grand Canyon Lodge, a building of the 1930s with an impressive view of the huge natural site.
This year, fire management is an issue that is more sensitive in the American west, since President Donald Trump has imposed significant budget cuts and dismissals to the agency responsible for the forests, the agency in charge of the ocean and atmospheric observation (NOAA) and FEMA, the Federal Catastrophes Management Agency.
Source: BFM TV
