Wrapped in fire-resistant aluminum, the Giant Forest trees in Sequoia National Park remained safe from the encroaching KNP Complex fire on Friday. latimes.com/california/sto…
While growth appeared to slow, the lightning-sparked fires that ignited a week ago — and so far have 11,365 acres — continued to burn with no containment.
“It’s moving pretty slow because normally it would have raced up that hill,” said Mark Garrett, spokesperson for the KNP Complex fire.
In an effort to prepare the towering trees — which can rise above 250 feet and live more than 3,000 years — crews on Thursday had wrapped some of their bases in a fire-resistant aluminum material akin to tinfoil. 
Firefighters continued their work Friday in anticipation of flames that could reach the grove within the next few days, constructing containment lines and figuring out the logistics of how to bring water to the area should it be needed.
Last year’s Castle fire wiped out 10% of the giant sequoia population — equating to thousands of the massive trees felled by the ferocious blaze.
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