The National Park Service on Friday said three hikers died in two separate incidents at the Grand Canyon in Arizona, with officials believing heat-related illness caused the fatalities.
On June 12, a 72-year-old man died on the South Kaibab Trail from heat-related illness symptoms.
Then on Tuesday, a 67-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman on Grand Canyon National Park’s North Kaibab Trail succumbed to similar symptoms, park officials said.
Rangers responded quickly when the incidents were reported, but all three hikers were dead by the time responders arrived. Park officials did not identify any of the three deceased.
Both incidents took place in the inner part of the Grand Canyon, where at midday temperatures can reach 109 degrees in the shade, officials said.
Due to the onset of summer, the National Park Service recommends visitors stay out of the Inner Canyon between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
