Dragon Bravo Fire Daily Update - September 14, 2025
Fire Repair Suppression Work Along Arizona National Scenic Trail Resumes
Contact Information: Dragon Bravo Fire Information - Southwest Complex Incident Management Team 3 928-268-5610 (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) 2025.DragonBravo@firenet.gov
Linktree: linktr.ee/DragonBravoFire
Acres: 145,504 Containment: 80% Personnel: 605
Start Date: July 4, 2025 Cause: Lightning Location: Grand Canyon North Rim
CURRENT SITUATION: After three days of high winds, fire personnel started cutting hazard trees along the Arizona National Scenic Trail and continue to flag hazard trees located within the National Park.
Hauling hazard trees from Cape Royal and Imperial Point Roads has been completed while hauling slash along these roads will continue.
Crews are cutting, skidding, processing and decking hazardous trees on Forest Service (FS) Road 610, with hauling expected to start within the next few days. Hauling hazard trees on FS Road 611 continues.
Chipping along Highway 67 continues every day and this material is being used to create waddles within the National Park to prevent flooding and are being stored for future use.
Fire personnel in the Initial Attack (IA) group will continue to assist with fire suppression repair work and be ready to respond to any new incidents within the closure area or as requested by hosting units.
As a reminder, fuelwood located within closure areas are not available to the public at this time.
WEATHER: Dry conditions and seasonable temperatures will remain through midweek with high temperatures near 70 degrees and how temperatures dropping into the 30’s.
FOREST CLOSURE & RESTRICTIONS: Information regarding the highway closures can be found at AZ DOT . For detailed information about Kaibab National Forest closures and restrictions please visit the Kaibab National Forest website. The North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will remain closed for the duration of the 2025 season. For additional information about closures on Grand Canyon National Park visit the Grand Canyon National Park website. Coconino County Fire Restriction information can be found at Coconino County website.
Note: The Kaibab NF began posting Dragon Bravo Fire news releases to the website when the fire crossed into National Forest System lands and the Forest Service became engaged. All news releases about the fire prior to July
