American media: The area of California's mountain fire has reached 4.8 square kilometers, which endangers 500 California Sequoia

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] California's iconic North American Sequoia Forest is under crisis.According to the Associated Press on the 9th, a mountain fire occurred on the 7th of the Tommyti National Park in California. As of the evening of the 9th, the area of fire had reached 4.8 square kilometers and had not yet been extinguished.The reason for the fire is not clear, but the fire has endangered the 500 giant sequins in the national park.At present, the surrounding areas of Sequoia have been blocked, and the trunk of the rubies is protected on the trunk. A nearby community has also received an withdrawal instruction.North American Equipment belongs to giant trees, with a height of 110 meters and a diameter of 8 meters. It is concentrated in about 70 forest land on the west slope of the Nevada Mountains in California. Some of them are more than 3,000 years old.Come.It is estimated that there are about 75,000 giant sequins trees in the local area. The mountain fires caused by lightning in the past two years have killed 1/5 of the giant Sequoia trees.Josemotti National Park has been regularly burning plants near North American Sequoia Forest to prevent mountain fire from threatening to Sequoia forest.(Li Fei)

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