(8 Jul 2022) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4387811 ++MUSIC CLEARED FOR EDITORIAL USE++ NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - NO RE-USE/RE-SALE OF ANY 3RD PARTY STILL IMAGES WITHOUT CLEARANCE Yosemite National Park, California - 7 July 2022 1. Various, stills of firefighters battling wildfire among grove of giant sequoia trees. HEADLINE: Wildfire threatens Yosemite's famed giant sequoias ANNOTATION: Part of Yosemite National Park has been closed as a wildfire rages near a grove of California's famed giant sequoia trees. ANNOTATION:  Although sequoias in the Mariposa Grove are threatened by the flames, there have been no reports of severe damage to the trees. STORYLINE: Officials say part of Yosemite National Park has been closed as a wildfire rages near a grove of California's famed giant sequoia trees. The fire quintupled in size from Thursday night to Friday and forced park officials to close Mariposa Grove. It has the largest sequoia grove in Yosemite and features more than 500 mature giant sequoias. The rest of the park is open. Firefighters are trying to contain the blaze from the ground and the air. Although sequoias are threatened by the flames, there have been no reports of severe damage to the grove's giant named sequoias. Some park visitors had to be evacuated Thursday. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Website: https://apnews.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP Facebook: https://facebook.com/APNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/9c09650f7da1457aa850e00c8bf262d8