Reuters
Growing California wildfire spares group of giant sequoias
The so-called KNP Complex fire, which was ignited by lightning earlier this month, reached the western edge of Sequoia National Park’s Giant Forest, home to a group of ancient sequoia trees dubbed the Four Guardsmen. But protection measures including wrapping the bases of the huge trees in fire-resistant coverings kept safe “these national treasures,” Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks officials wrote early on Sunday in a Facebook post https://www.facebook.com/SequoiaKingsNPS. The Guardsmen mark the entrance to the Giant Forest, a grove of some 2,000 sequoias.
