#Repost @nytimes ・・・ A wildfire in Yosemite National Park that has spread over 2,000 acres is threatening a grove of hundreds of giant sequoia trees, including some that are centuries old. The fire, fueled by timber and brush, is active in the Mariposa Grove, the largest and most popular of the park’s three giant sequoia clusters. The grove is home to some of the longest-living and tallest trees in the world, including a tree named the Grizzly Giant that is more than 200 feet tall. Nancy Phillipe, a Yosemite fire information spokeswoman, said the fire was zero percent contained and that there was not yet any estimate of damage to the sequoia trees. Follow updates on this story at the link in our bio. Photos by Noah Berger/@apnews and Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via @apnews. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/climate/california-yosemite-fires.html