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mights ancient sequoias as wildfires close in. >> im standing right in front of the grizzly giant and weve got a sprinkler system set up in front of it. >> im pamela brown in washington. youre live in the cnn "newsroom." we want to take you right now to mariposa, california as evacuations are under way as fires threaten the ancient sequoias. our nick watt has just arrived on the scene. nick, how serious is the season there, and what are they doing to protect these incredibly special tr...

Intense tie intensity of the fires moving through california over the past couple of years are the issue. a little lightning strike fire these trees can muscle it out, but a huge intense fire feeding off of dry undergrowth, remember, right now we are in an extreme drought here, and that kicks up these intense flames that can threaten these trees. you know, we saw it last year down in sequoia national forest. began sherman, they were actually putting aluminum foil around general sherman to protec...