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A wildfire threatening the largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park more than doubled in size in a day, and firefighters were working in difficult terrain Sunday to protect the iconic trees and a small mountain town.
There was no obvious natural spark for the fire that broke out Thursday next to the park’s Washburn Trail.
There was no obvious natural spark for the fire that broke out Thursday next to the park’s Washburn Trail.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire threatening the largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park more than doubled in size in a day, and firefighters were working in difficult terrain Sunday to protect the iconic trees and a small mountain town.
It's burning near the iconic grove of about 500 mature sequoias, which are the world’s biggest trees by volume.