NewsCalifornia News

Actions

Giant California sequoias wrapped in aluminum as fire nears

Western Wildfires
Posted
and last updated

THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Firefighting crews are using a novel technique to defend California's iconic giant sequoias from a lightning-caused wildfire in the Sierra Nevada.

Firefighters have wrapped the base of the world’s largest tree in fire-resistant aluminum and other trees and buildings in Sequoia National Park are also wrapped. That's to protect the General Sherman Tree and the others from a wildfire that's expected to reach a grove of 2,000 sequoias within days.

Fire officials say the fire didn't grow much on Thursday. But a wildfire in the region last year killed thousands of sequoias, some of them as tall as high-rises and thousands of years old.

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Monday

06/30/2025

Clear

-° / 72°

0%

Tuesday

07/01/2025

Clear

102° / 71°

0%

Wednesday

07/02/2025

Clear

102° / 73°

0%

Thursday

07/03/2025

Clear

103° / 69°

0%

Friday

07/04/2025

Clear

96° / 66°

0%

Saturday

07/05/2025

Clear

96° / 68°

0%

Sunday

07/06/2025

Clear

99° / 70°

0%

Monday

07/07/2025

Clear

101° / 71°

0%