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The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park was closed Friday and hundreds of people ordered evacuated nearby as a wildfire burning through dense forest became the latest in recent years to threaten the world’s largest trees.
More than 500 mature sequoias were threatened but there were no reports of severe damage to any named trees, such as the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant.
The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park remained closed Saturday, a day after hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate as a wildfire burning through dense forest became the latest to threaten the world's largest trees.
The largest grove of giant sequoias in California’s Yosemite National Park was closed on Friday as hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate after a wildfire burning through dense forest became the latest in the past few years to threaten the world’s largest trees. A team was sent to the Mariposa Grove to wrap some of the massive trunks in fire-resistant foil to protect them as the blaze burned out of control, Yosemite fire information spokesperson Nancy Phillipe said. More than 500 mature sequoias were threatened, but there were no reports of severe damage to any of the trees concerned,...
Full containment is expected sometime on July 18.