Evacuation warnings, road closures as Coffee Pot Fire destroys historic groves

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Coffee Pot Fire which started aft lightning struck connected Aug. 3 has reached a protected grove of elephantine sequoias, spurring evacuation warnings and roadworthy closures successful Tulare County.

Per Cal Fire, the Coffee Pot Fire was 1,653 acres and 0% contained arsenic of Wednesday afternoon.

Residents surviving successful zones TLC-E094-B and TLC-E128-B adjacent the municipality of Three Rivers are nether an evacuation warning.

According to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the occurrence has reached the historical sequoias groves adjacent the Case Mountain Extensive Recreation Management Area. The 20,000-acre recreation country is closed until further notice.

BLM says the closed country contains the lone sequoia grove analyzable managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Approximately 444 acres of six chiseled sequoia grove units are nether threat.

The bureau says the country is besides portion of the Milk Ranch Peak Wilderness Study Area and the astir 20,000-acre Kaweah Area of Critical Environmental Concern. The second is designated for the extortion of taste resources, riparian areas, and delicate works and carnal species, including the Case Mountain elephantine sequoia groves.