Fire Strands Tourists at Grand Canyon
From Times Wire Services
A wildfire north of Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona jumped the only highway leading to the remote North Rim, closing the road and stranding about 800 tourists and 150 employees, officials said.
In Nevada, more than a dozen wildfires were burning tens of thousands of acres, closing Interstate 80 near Elko for a second day, forcing evacuations in some rural areas and claiming most of the training grounds at a state fire academy.
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