Giant Sequoia National Monument

Four famous giant sequoias were not harmed by a wildfire that reached the edge of Giant Forest in California’s Sequoia National Park, authorities said.

Flames on Sunday reached a grove of sequoia trees in California as firefighters battled to keep fire from driving further into another grove, where the base of the world’s largest tree has been wrapped in protective foil.

California firefighters battled fast-growing forest fires threatening giant sequoias and small communities in the Sierra Nevada on Monday, September 27, 2021, and worked to fully surround a suspected arson wildfire that destroyed homes last week.