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  • Firefighters Battling Blaze in Sequoia National Forest Warn of '400-Foot Flames'

    07/24/2002 3:59:48 AM PDT · by Movemout · 47 replies · 716+ views
    AP via TBO ^ | Jul 24, 2002 | Kim Baca
    PINE FLAT, Calif. (AP) - A ferocious wildfire fed by underbrush and weeks of dry weather roared toward a treasured grove of ancient sequoias, setting up potentially devastating scenario if flames reach the trees. The 48,200-acre blaze moved through the valleys of the Giant Sequoia National Monument and came within a few miles of the Freeman Creek Grove and Trail of 100 Giants. "If fire does get in the Trail of 100 Giants, we won't be putting firefighters in there to try to stop it. It will be a climax of 300- or 400-foot flames," said Jim Paxon, spokesman for...