The spread of forest fires on Friday forced the evacuation of part of the visitors of the Grand Canyon National Park in the southwest of the United States, Informed AFP. The evacuation order was issued by the Forest Fire Authorities, which has destroyed more than 400 hectares of forest. For now it burns outside the territory of the Grand Canyon National Park, but The fire is approaching Jacob Lake’s estate in Arizona, Tasr writes TASR.
“We have evacuated about 40 people, but many more of them left the area before our arrival,” said Jon Paxton, spokesman for the Sheriff district Coconino, for AFP. “Most of the people we evacuated were camping tourists,” specified. Grand Canyon, a gorge created by the Colorado River, is one of the most visited tourist sites in the United States – it attracts almost five million visitors every year.
Another National Park in the southwest of the US, Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado, was also completely evacuated for fire on Thursday. This latest fire caused by lightning has already devastated more than 600 hectares of stands. In addition to strong winds, the rapid expansion of the fire was also caused by extremely dry vegetation and very high temperatures.
