Wildfires surrounding California spread to nearly 40K acres, threaten world's largest trees
Zee News
The blazes swirling around California`s giant sequoia trees prompted more evacuations Sunday (September 19) as they spread toward communities surrounding the forests, while the authority warned that the fires would remain active throughout the night.
Los Angeles: Two huge wildfires, the Windy and KNP Complex fires, burning around the Sequoia National Forest and the Sequoia National Park in US state California, spread to 18,075 acres (73.1 square km) and 21,777 acres (88.1 square km) respectively on Sunday (September 19).
A statement released by the Sequoia National Park on Saturday (September 18) said the KNP Complex reached the Four Guardsmen in the Giant Forest. The Giant Forest is the home for over 2,000 giant sequoias, including the General Sherman Tree - the world`s largest tree by volume, Xinhua news agency reported.
The Four Guardsmen is a colonnade of four giant sequoias located near the south gate of the forest.
