Yosemite crews rush to protect iconic giant sequoias as rapidly growing fire rages uncontained
The Washburn Fire that was first reported last Thursday near the Washburn Trail in the Mariposa Grove area of the park has burned across nearly 1,600 acres with no containment as of Sunday, according toNational Park Service spokesperson Nancy Phillip said about 1,600 people have evacuated since authorities issued evacuation orders for the nearby community of Wawona and the Wawona Hotel and campground,The blaze...
forced the closure of Mariposa Grove, which is home to more than 500 giant sequoias, and a nearby highway as firefighters and park crews battle to save the iconic trees, per a"They're using a combination of removing fuel around the base of the trees and they're putting in sprinklers to change the humidity around the base of the trees," Jay Nichols, a spokesperson for the interagency fire response team in the park...
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