Last week the Arizona Republic published a story that alleged Grand Canyon National Park officials didn’t follow parts of their own wildfire management plan in the days leading up to the Dragon Bravo Fire exploding in size.

The piece prompted Governor Katie Hobbs to renew her calls for an investigation into the seventh-biggest wildfire in recorded Arizona history.

KNAU asked Grand Canyon National Park to comment on the Republic’s story. They didn’t respond.

KNAU’s Adrian Skabelund spoke with the Republic reporters, Stephanie Murray and Robert Anglen, who broke the story.

ADRIAN SKABELUND: What did the fire management plan outline as what should have occurred and how did that conflict with what was actually happening in the days leading up to that fire?

ROBERT ANGLEN: The fire manag

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