North Rim, Grand Canyon and White Sage Fire
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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.
John Paxton with the Coconino County Sheriff's Office provides an update on the White Sage Fire that's already burned 8,700 acres in the Kaibab National Forest.
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 8,700 acres.
The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office has expanded an evacuation order across a large swath of the Arizona Strip and North Rim of the Grand Canyon.
National Park Officials have closed the North Rim of the Grand Canyon as a wildfire burns near the town of Fredonia, about 4 miles south of the Arizona/Utah line.
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