WashburnFire, threatening Yosemite's famed grove of giant sequoia trees, doubles in size over 2 days
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- A growing wildfire that threatens a famed giant sequoia tree grove in California's Yosemite National Park has doubled in size over the past two days and pushed officials to issue evacuation orders for a nearby community.
Weather is forecast to get hotter through the week. However, fire scars from past fires about 1 to 3 miles from the Washburn Fire perimeter will help in slowing it, officials said. Yosemite is one of the most visited national parks in the US, drawing more than 3.3 million people in 2021. It encompasses nearly 1,200 square miles in the Sierra Nevada range in eastern California.
"The helicopter was brought in to assist in the cooling and containment of a firing operation which had taken place earlier in the afternoon," Sanchez said."While assigned to this operation, the helicopter identified additional areas where the fire had crept over the containment lines and was able to aid in their full extinguishment and containment."
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