Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Firefighters have wrapped the base of the world’s largest tree in a fire-resistant blanket, in a bid to save it from the raging wildfires plaguing California.
The General Sherman Tree is the largest in the world by volume, at 52,508 cubic feet (1,487 cubic metres), according to the National Park Service.
It towers 275 feet (84 metres) high and has a circumference of 103 feet (31 metres) at ground level. The colossal tree is in Sequoia National Park’s Giant Forest – a grove of 2,000 sequoias – and was wrapped for protection against the possibility of intense flames, fire spokeswoman Rebecca Paterson said.
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