A firefighter hoses down hot spots around a sequoia tree in the Trail of 100 Giants of Sequoia

Management Team on Thursday, Sept.... 17, 2021, shows the giant sequoia known as the General Sherman

giant sequoias--trees once considered nearly fire-proof--puts an exclamation point on climate change

THREE RIVERS, Calif.... 9, according to a briefing for fire crews.... The two fires were being managed collectively as the KNP Complex. ———Antczak reported from Los Angeles....

of 100 Giants was confirmed to have sustained some burning. Giant sequoias can benefit from fire if

destructive. Lightning ignited two fires in the park on Sept.... The Colony Fire, closest to the Giant

Highway 50, the main route between the San Francisco Bay Area and the south end of the alpine resort lake, reopened to the public on Tuesday for the first time in weeks. Historic drought tied to climate change is making wildfires harder to fight.... It has killed millions of trees in California alone.... Scientists say climate change has made the West much warmer and drier in the past 30 years and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive....

Open this photo in gallery A sign announces the closure of Sequoia National Park, where the KNP

National Park Service via AFP via Getty Images In this picture released by the National Park Service on Sept.... 9 and is composed of the Paradise Fire and the Colony Fire.... The Windy Fire, which was also ignited by lightning on Sept....

Sequoias in King Canyon National Park on Dec.... Scott Peters( D-San Diego) to talk about sequoias