Arizona Governor Calls for Federal Probe Into Grand Canyon Wildfire Response

Hobbs criticized federal officials for initially managing the lightning-sparked blaze as a controlled burn rather than immediately suppressing it.
Arizona Governor Calls for Federal Probe Into Grand Canyon Wildfire Response
Wildfire smoke near the Grand Canyon's North Rim, in northern Arizona, on July 10, 2025. Abraham Freebairn via AP
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is calling for an independent investigation into the federal government’s handling of a wildfire that destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge and upward of 80 structures on the park’s North Rim.

In a series of posts on social media platform X on July 13, Hobbs criticized federal officials for initially managing the lightning-sparked blaze as a controlled burn rather than immediately suppressing it.

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