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yosemite national park has been closed to the public here tonight. thanks for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 8. i m noelle bellow and i m dan thorn. of course, again, yosemite national park. only part of it has been closed to the public. but right now officials are still investigating what sparked this blaze. fire crews are using air units to douse the flames from above and ground teams are working to wrap giant sequoia trees with protective foil to prevent them from catching fire. maderas babb has more from yosemite national park. i m standing inside of the park near the mayor opposed grow. were there some of the largest trees in the world behind me, you can see the flames and the smoke from the washburn fire today. fire crews working on containing the blaze that threatens some of the largest giant sequoias in the world. the mayor opposed to grove is one of the most visited spots in yosemite national park with 500 giant sequoias standing tome. it s some of the oldest
forecasted for the next few days are a major concern. so obviously with the higher temperatures that is going to increase a fire behavior and intensity of fire, the flames broke out on thursday prompting evacuations by friday afternoon. the community of will want to the campground will want a campground the golf course there. highway 41 on the south entrance coming from fresno has a hard closure to the rest of the park is still open and be a highway. one, 40 firefighters say one of the initial challenges was getting resources. there is fire in northern california resources kind of held out that fire is wrapping up. so we are starting to get those resources and obviously it is in an area where it is getting into wilderness. so it is getting into steep country as far as these giant sequoias are known for surviving fire. but wildfires burn hotter and quicker than ever before because of dry conditions. the sequoia trees are a fire, adapted tree so they actually need fire to repro
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