Wildfires close Grand Canyon's North Rim
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A 67-year-old man hiking in the Grand Canyon National Park died on the South Kaibab Trail, below Cedar Ridge. Officials believed that extreme heat created hazardous hiking conditions. The Grand Canyon National Park Service said at about 11:50 a.m. July 8, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report of an unresponsive hiker.
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.