Though full containment was still in the future, the diminished fury of the Dragon Bravo Fire on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park had firefighters beginning to wind down their operations.
"Due to successful containment and decreased fire activity, efforts are underway across the fire to remove hose and portable water tanks so they can be available for other incidents," read the briefing report Monday morning. "Heavy equipment such as chippers, feller bunchers, and excavators are repairing roads and removing hazard trees. This action will mitigate impacts from fire suppression. Additionally, crews are seeding disturbed areas to help return the landscape to its natural condition."
Technically, the 145,000-acre fire was just 62 percent contained as of daybreak Monday, and the weather forecast said "warmer, drier weather will continue into mid-week, and relative humidities will return to the mid-teens with single digits possible in lower elevations. In the early half of the week, storms with dry lightning are forecast in the area. Upslope wind gusts will be persistent in some areas."
No prediction was made for when full containment might be achieved.
The wildfire was sparked by lightning on July 4, and while it was being managed for resource benefits winds gusting to 40 mph blew it out of control a week later, sending a wall of fire through the rim's ponderosa forests and into the Grand Canyon Lodge and its dozens of historic log guest cabins. The lodge and many of the cabins were lost, as were facilities used by the concessionaire on the rim and the National Park Service.
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