Grand canyon lounge destroy

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00:00Wow.

00:01Tonight, the fury from two raging wildfires laying siege to the north rim of the Grand Canyon.

00:07We are all getting evacuated right now.

00:10Park officials confirming the historic Grand Canyon Lodge was consumed by flames,

00:15along with park administrative buildings, visitor facilities, and a wastewater treatment plant.

00:20The fire at that plant prompting a release of chlorine gas that can prove deadly.

00:25We were starting to get panicked. You know, we didn't want to lose our lives down there.

00:30Jamie Coffin and her friend, Amanda Travis, among those forced to evacuate from that leak,

00:34getting out of the canyon by chopper.

00:37We didn't know how close that would be, and we were trying to hurry and pack.

00:41In total, some 50 to 80 structures now confirmed lost, all destroyed by the so-called Dragon Bravo fire,

00:48which quickly scorched at least 5,000 acres,

00:50and the larger White Sage fire exploding to tens of thousands of acres after a lightning strike Wednesday.

00:57The Grand Canyon hosts the nation's third most popular national park,

01:01last year with more than 4.9 million visits.

01:04The historic lodge there, constructed nearly 100 years ago, served as a mountain oasis for millions,

01:10the only real lodging inside the park on the more remote north rim, now destroyed by flames.

01:15Holy...

01:17Crews racing to contain out-of-control flames, tearing down a piece of Americana,

01:23cutting off access to one of the world's great wonders.

01:26Steve Patterson, NBC News.

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