The White Sage Fire, burning in northern Arizona near the destructive Dragon Bravo Fire, continues to grow with evacuations still in place.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs toured the destruction left by a wildfire along the Grand Canyon's North Rim on Saturday, surveying what she described as devastating damage.

Two wildfires, one burning near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and the other farther north on the Kaibab Plateau, have scorched over 70,000 acres of northern Arizona wildland, according to state and federal fire officials.

Fire restrictions placed on federal and state lands in Southeastern Arizona have been lifted. According to the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM), monsoon moisture has led to fire restrictions being lifted on July 21.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs toured the Dragon Bravo Fire devastation with the National Guard helicoptering her over the Grand Canyon's North Rim.

Officials have closed the North Rim of the Grand Canyon as the White Sage Fire burns near the town of Fredonia. Just 35 miles south, the Dragon Bravo Fire has destroyed structures inside the park.

Highway closures and evacuations remain in effect as a wildfire burns more than 58,000 acres in far northern Coconino County. It is one of two blazes raging at or near the northern rim of the Grand Canyon.

The fast-moving fire destroyed a historic lodge and dozens of other structures in the Grand Canyon National Park.

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The senators referenced the 2006 Warm Fire, another lightning-caused fire on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon that was initially allowed to burn as a wildland use fire. The Warm Fire ultimately destroyed 59,000 acres of land and nearly killed a thousand people.