Firefighters Defend 3,000-Year-Old Grizzly Giant as Washburn Wildfire Grows

Visitors look at the Grizzly Giant tree in the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias in Yosemite National Park, Calif., on May 21, 2018. David McNew/AFP via Getty Images

Firefighters are taking measures to protect the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant, an iconic sequoia in Yosemite National Park, as the Washburn wildfire continues to grow.

In a video posted by the agency, a sprinkler system can be seen spraying water around the 209-feet Grizzly Giant, the most renowned giant sequoia in Yosemite National Park and the second-largest tree in Yosemite.