
Yosemite fire grows as crews protect iconic sequoias
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California firefighters battled a wildfire in Yosemite National Park Sunday that nearly doubled in size in a day in an effort to protect the iconic trees and nearby town.
"Today it’s actually the smokiest that we’ve seen," Nancy Phillipe, a Yosemite fire information spokesperson, said Sunday. "Up until this morning, the park has not been in that unhealthy category, but that is where we are now."
More than 500 mature sequoias were threatened in the famed Mariposa Grove but there were no reports of severe damage to any named trees, including the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant.
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