Critical fire weather conditions are expected to persist through Sunday in Sequoia National Park, where a wildfire reached the Giant Forest.
Critical fire weather conditions are expected to persist through Sunday evening in Sequoia National Park, where hundreds of additional firefighters are now fighting, home to many of the planet’s tallest and longest-living trees.
More than 600 firefighting personnel are now assigned to the KNP Complex fire, including 21 crews, 21 engines and eight helicopters. The fire, which swelled after themerged on Friday, has grown to 21,777 acres as of Sunday morning and remains 0% contained. A red-flag warning issued by the National Weather Service will continue until 8 p.m. Sunday, officials said. As a trough of low pressure moved in from the west Saturday evening, forecasters cautioned a confluence of factors — very low relative humidity levels and strong winds gusting as high as 45 mph — could lead to extreme fire behavior.
A separate lightning-sparked blaze dubbed the Windy fire — burning on the Tule River Reservation and the adjoining Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument — has grown to 18,075 acres and also remains 0% contained. More than 700 personnel are fighting this fire, officials said, and another active day is expected.
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