US EditionContainment Grows on Several Arizona Wildfires
The 600-pound bronze statue was damaged but recovered after the Dragon Bravo Fire burned over 140,000 acres and destroyed more than 70 structures, park officials said.
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A Grand Canyon mascot is recovered from the rubble. Can Brighty be restored?
Missing an ear and his front legs detached, Brighty the Burro certainly has seen better days.The 600-pound bronze statue used to greet visitors at the Grand Canyon Lodge on the national park's North Rim. The nearly century-old building was reduce to rubble this summer when a wildfire swept through the area. Brighty was found charred, his head and body mostly intact.As firefighters continued their work Friday to corral the stubborn flames, Bright…
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Coyote GulchGrand Canyon’s Dragon Bravo megafire shows the growing wildfire threat to water systems
Tourists watch smoke from the Dragon Bravo wildfire float through the Grand Canyon. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)As wildfire crews battled the Dragon Bravo Fire on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim in July 2025, the air turned toxic. A chlorine gas leak had erupted from the park’s water treatment facility as the building burned, forcing firefighters to pull back. The water treatment facility is part of a system that draws water from a fragile spr…
The bronze statue of the legendary donkey Brighty has survived the great fire in the Grand Canyon. Now it is examined in the museum of the national park – whether a restoration is possible is still unclear.
Brighty, a Grand Canyon mascot, recovered from the wildfire rubble
A big bronze statue of a donkey named Brighty the Burro has been recovered from the charred rubble of the Grand Canyon Lodge in Arizona. But it’s too early to say whether Brighty can be restored.
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