Grand Canyon, North Rim and national park service
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In late June, a Grand Canyon National Park concessions employee contracted hantavirus, a rare but often fatal rodent-borne disease that plagues the American West, the National Park Service confirmed Monday.
The Grand Canyon's North Rim in Arizona also closed Thursday because of a wildfire on adjacent Bureau of Land Management land near Jacob Lake. The Coconino County Sheriff's Office said it helped evacuate people from an area north of Jacob Lake and campers in the Kaibab National Forest nearby.