Blaze threaten's US' giant Sequoia trees

A wind-driven fire grew to more than 15,000 acres today, forcing more than 1,000 people to flee an area near California’s Sequoia National Park and threatening towering trees along the Trail of 100 Giants.

The fire was less than two miles from the Giant Sequoia National Monument, which preserves about half of the 70 remaining groves of the giant trees.