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September 20, 2021

CA Firefighters Protect Trees with Foil Blankets as Wildfire Threatens Sequoia National Park
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In California, fire crews are battling a large wildfire in the Sierra
Nevada mountains that's threatening Sequoia National Park, home to the
world's most massive trees. Over the weekend, firefighters wrapped
protective aluminum foil blankets around old-growth sequoias, including
one nicknamed "General Sherman" - the world's largest tree by volume.
The KNP Complex Fire has grown to over 21,000 acres and is just 3%
contained.


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