Grand Canyon, North Rim and White Sage Fire
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FOX 10 Phoenix on MSNWhite Sage Fire: Northern Arizona wildfire prompts evacuationsCrews are currently battling the lightning-caused fire, which has burned over 19,000 acres of land near Fredonia.
Authorities increased the size of the evacuation zone for the White Sage Fire north of the Grand Canyon on Friday morning.
The White Sage Fire was burning in Arizona bout 15 miles southeast of Fredonia in Coconino County and north of the Grand Canyon State Park.
Parts of the Jacob Lake area are under GO evacuation orders, and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon is also evacuating. The fire has grown to 19,573 acres.
A wildfire burning in the Kaibab National Forest that prompted highway closures and expanded evacuations along the northern rim of the Grand Canyon has grown by thousands of acres.As of Saturday morning,
Evacuations have been ordered for the area north of Jacob Lake, in northern Arizona, due to the White Sage Fire.