A wildfire is threatening a grove of giant sequoias and a small community in Yosemite National Park. Fire crews, sprinklers and foil are fending it off.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — A heat wave was developing in California on Monday but winds were light as firefighters battled a wildfire that poses a threat to a grove of giant sequoias and a small community in Yosemite National Park.
A sprinkler system was set up within the grove to maintain moisture, and there were no reports of severe damage to any named trees, including the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant. The giant sequoias, native in only about 70 groves spread along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, were once considered impervious to flames but have become increasingly vulnerable as wildfires, fueled by a buildup of undergrowth from a century of fire suppression and the impact of drought exacerbated by climate change, have become more intense and destructive.
A fierce windstorm ripped through the grove more than a year ago and toppled 15 giant sequoias, along with countless other trees. Elsewhere in Utah, firefighters contending with heavy winds battled the 12.4-square-mile Halfway Hill Fire in Filmore. Law enforcement on Saturday arrested four men who investigators said abandoned a campfire that ignited the blaze.
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