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The blazes burnt hot enough and high enough to kill thousands of giant sequoias – trees once considered nearly fire-proof.

Thought they would see. the threat made worse by another year of drought, leaving the sequoias drive and vulnerable. >> that means its water source has been there for over 2,000 years. that that water is not there means that the climate and the world around it has changed. >> reporter: but lessons learned last year helped save some sequoia this year. >> before the castle fire, we had never seen losses of large trees like we had in that fire. 7,500 to 10,600 large sequoias lost in a single fire event. and that really changed what we decided we were willing to do to protect trees, if we could. >...

3,000 more dead large sequoias. it's a big number to me. >> reporter: that's 3 to 5% of the remaining monarch sequoias in the world, according to a preliminary report by the national park service, killed in the kmp complex fire that churned through sequoia and kings canyon national parks and the windy fire further south. and that big number is on top of an even larger loss of mature sequoias last year in the castle fire. part of the sequoia complex, that wildfire eviscerating 10 to 14% of the world's giant sequoia population. brigham means this just the last two years, up to a fifth of mature ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, leading to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fifth of Earth's largest trees, officials said Friday.

Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, adding to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fifth of Earth’s largest trees, officials said Friday.