The fire department is preparing an emergency response as the risk of destruction of sequoia trees that are two to three thousand years old is growing due to wildfires in California, USA.
Fire officials say they have begun wrapping tree trunks with aluminum shields to save trees in parks, including Sequoia National Park's 'General Sherman'.
The General Sherman is the world's largest giant tree, reaching 1,487 m, with a height of 84 m and a circumference of 31 m, equivalent to a building with dozens of stories.
This shield allows it to survive for a short time even if the heat is spewing out from a wildfire, the Associated Press reported on the 16th local time.
The western United States began using this shield a few years ago to protect structures as wildfires continued.
We have also taken steps to reduce the impact of wildfires by burning or removing brush and undergrowth in advance.
It is predicted that the 'colony' wildfire that threatens the Sequoia National Park area will engulf the 'Giant Forest', which has a colony of 2,000 sequoia trees within a few days.
Last year, wildfires in the area also destroyed thousands of giant sequoias that are thousands of years old.
In the western United States, the worst heatwave and drought in history are making it increasingly difficult to extinguish wildfires.
Some experts claim that there is climate change in the background, and as the temperature has risen and dried over the past 30 years, extreme weather conditions and damage caused by wildfires will increase.
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