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Study: California fire killed 10% of world’s giant sequoia trees (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) Tony Caprio/AP FILE - In this April 22, 2021, file photo, provided by the National Park Service, shows a smoldering tree in Sequoia National Park, Calif. The giant sequoia was found smoldering and smoking in an area of the park burned by the 2020 Castle Fire. At least a tenth of the world's mature giant sequoias were destroyed by a single California wildfire that tore through the southern S...

Study: California fire killed 10% of world's redwood trees June 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this April 22, 2021, file photo, provided by the National Park Service, shows a smoldering tree in Sequoia National Park, Calif. The giant sequoia was found smoldering and smoking in an area of the park burned by the 2020 Castle Fire. At least a tenth of the world's mature giant sequoias were destroyed by a single California wildfire that tore through the southern Sierra Nevada last year, according to a draft report prepared by scientists with the National Park Service. (Tony Caprio/National...

The report by scientists with the National Park Service detailed widespread destruction from the Castle Fire that burned more than 270 square miles of timber in Sequoia National Park.

A new study looks at the impact of a wildfire last year in the Sierra Nevada that killed between 7,500 to 10,000 redwoods in the Sequoia National Park.

At least a tenth of the world’s mature giant sequoias were destroyed by a single California wildfire that tore through the southern Sierra Nevada last year,...