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Weather conditions repeatedly neared critical thresholds for fire risk in the days leading up to the Dragon Bravo Fire's expansion, contradicting official statements.

The fire, now one of Arizona's largest, destroyed a historic lodge and 100 other structures, prompting calls for investigations into the National Park Service's response.

National Park Service officials say there was no way to predict the Dragon Bravo Fire would turn into an inferno, jump containment lines and rip through the Grand Canyon's North Rim, leaving a historic lodge and 100 other structures in smoking ruin.

But records, including the Grand Canyon's fire management plan, are at odds with the official narrative. They show officials downplayed threats to public safety — and decided to let the fi

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