Fire officials on the Kaibab National Forest are monitoring two new lightning caused wildfires on the Tusayan Ranger District. The Rain Fire, located approximately 1-mile east of the Grand Canyon Airport, is currently 2.5 acres in size and is burning slowly in pine needles on the ground. The Gallo Fire, approximately 4-miles northeast of Red Butte, is under an acre in size and is burning in a single dead pine snag. Officials say the intent is to allow them to burn as they would naturally over the landscape providing benefits to forest health. Heavy rains will cause these fires to eventually go out, as was the case with three other fires on the forest earlier this month that were being monitored for similar objectives. Smoke may be visible at times from the town of Tusayan, Grand Canyon Airport, and highway 64.
