US firefighters optimistic over world's biggest tree

Red Fir, United States (AFP) Sept 18, 2021

Firefighters battling to protect the world's biggest tree from wildfires ravaging the parched United States said Friday they are optimistic it can be saved. Flames are creeping closer to the majestic General Sherman and other giant sequoias, as man-made climate change worsens California's fearsome fire season. "We have hundreds of firefighters there giving it their all, giving extra care