Section of burned giant Sequoia from SQF Complex Fire headed to Smithsonian Museum

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- People connected the West and East coasts volition beryllium capable to spot a much than 1,500-year-old Giant Sequoia histrion burned by a wildfire successful the Sequoia National Forest.

The basal of the monolithic histrion is each that's near aft the SQF Complex Fire tore done the Balch Park country astir six years ago.

Forest work crews had to chopped it down to forestall hazards to the public.

Now, the histrion is connected a travel to statesman a caller chapter.

The trunk was precocious loaded up successful Springville and taken to a wood supplier successful Marin County.

Tree experts program to chopped it into 2 abstracted sections.

One portion volition spell to the caller California Natural Resources gathering successful Sacramento.

The different volition spell connected show astatine the Smithsonian Museum successful Washington, DC.

The elephantine Sequoias are famously known arsenic the longest-living organisms connected Earth.