Time-lapse video of Dragon Bravo Fire shows Grand Canyon's North Rim in flames
Fire crews tried to contain the Dragon Bravo Fire, which sparked July 4 after a lightning strike. National Park Service officials initially managed the fire as a controlled burn, but hot and windy weather conditions fueled the fire and caused it to spread rapidly.
Republic photographer Michael Chow captured the wildfire in a time-lapse video taken July 14 from the Canyon's South Rim. Chow set up his camera on a tripod, pointed it at the smoke, hoping it cleared at some point and and shot a photo every four seconds for 4 1/2 hours.
Chow asked multiple people where exactly the fire was burning so he could point his camera in the right direction, because once he started the time-lapse, he couldn't change the orientation. Chow finished with just under 4,000 photos that were sequenced together for the time-lapse video.
By July 14, the fire had scorched 5,716 acres and was still 0% contained, according to InciWeb, a federal wildfire tracking website. An estimated 70 structures were gone, park officials said. No injuries were reported.
Gov. Katie Hobbs and Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., have since called for an investigation into the agency's early response to the wildfire.
A National Park Service official said the fire was "expertly handled."
Republic reporters Perry Vandell and Rey Covarrubias contributed to this article.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Fire in Grand Canyon: Time-lapse video shows North Rim in flames in AZ
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