AP first to confirm historic Grand Canyon Lodge destroyed by wildfire

By Jaimie Ding, Bruce Schreiner and Felicia Fonseca

AP was first to report that a fast-moving wildfire had destroyed a historic lodge and dozens of other structures on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. Fonseca was tipped by a source that the national park superintendent was to meet with park staff and residents to give news about the impact of the wildfire. She was able to get call-in information and listen as officials detailed the damage, including Grand Canyon Lodge, for an urgent story. Ding interviewed historians and people with fond memories of the lodge to give readers a sense of the significance of the loss.