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might's ancient sequoias as wildfires close in. >> i'm standing right in front of the grizzly giant and we've got a sprinkler system set up in front of it. >> i'm pamela brown in washington. you're 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 trees? >> reporter: well, we just have heard that the fight is going in the right direction, but ...

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 protect it. here they are doing the sprinkler system. these are part of american and frankly pre-american ...