Overview

• The park’s North Rim reopened Wednesday after a three-week closure, but the South Rim and East Portal campgrounds remain off limits due to active firefighting.
• The blaze has burned more than 4,200 acres and destroyed 13 structures, including vault toilets, a maintenance building and campgrounds.
• Fire crews rely on drones to spot hot spots, deploy controlled burns and air tankers to reinforce containment lines across rugged canyon terrain.
• A multidisciplinary BAER team is conducting a 14-day assessment of post-fire hazards to map debris-flow and flood risks on charcoalized slopes.
• Officials say incoming weather will shape further containment gains, and BAER recommendations on reseeding, mulching and phased trail reopenings will guide recovery.