As the York fire crosses into Nevada, it's scorching a Joshua tree forest in California's Mojave National Preserve. And it could be marching toward the third-biggest Joshua tree in the world.
A huge wildfire was raging out of control through the environmentally sensitive Mojave Desert on Monday, with "fire whirls" threatening the Joshua trees that are found almost entirely in the southwestern United States.The plant, which can grow up to 15 meters (50 feet), is emblematic of the desert US West and became globally famous after the 1987 album "The Joshua Tree" by U2.