The lightning-caused wildfire that consumed roughly 70 structures seemed unremarkable for days. High winds changed that.

The Dragon Bravo Fire is now the eighth-largest wildfire affecting a national park since 2021, growing rapidly and completely uncontained.

Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) questioned the federal government’s handling of the fires burning the Grand Canyon, which have spread rapidly and destroyed dozens of buildings. Two wildfires, the White Sage Fire and the Dragon Bravo Fire,

Gov. Katie Hobbs and Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego are calling for an independent investigation into how federal officials managed the Dragon Bravo Fire burning on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.

The Dragon Bravo Fire started on July 4 and was managed at first as a controlled burn. Then the wind picked up, and it quickly became uncontrollable.

Gov. Hobbs is calling for an independent investigation into the fire's management, specifically questioning the decision to use a controlled burn during the hottest part of summer.

Gov. Katie Hobbs questioned why the U.S. government decided to manage the Dragon Bravo fire, which started with a lightning strike, as a “controlled burn” during the height of the summer.

Firefighters are trying to contain the Dragon Bravo Fire on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim and keep it from destroying more buildings.

From Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs criticizing the federal government's handling of a wildfire that is causing destruction at Grand Canyon National Park to a deadly shooting involving sheriff's deputies in the Valley,

Arizona’s Democratic senators, Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, are demanding answers from the Trump administration about its response to the Dragon Bravo Fire that destroyed structures at the northern r