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 it is still a huge fight. the flames are within a mile or two of mariposa grove which is home to about 500 of these giant, beautiful, ancient sequoia freeze, so the way that they are trying to contain the fireworks the way they are trying to keep those trees safe, they have 360 personnel on the ground, including hot shot cruise who are digging trenches around mariposa grove, a kind of break to try to
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