… helicopter bucket drops had knocked down open flames in the canopy and crews had ringed the base with sprinklers and hand-built containment lines to keep fire from spreading on the forest floor, according to the Coos Forest Protective Association and federal officials. An infrared drone flight detected lingering heat inside a cavity roughly 280 feet up the trunk, complicating suppression tactics because falling debris has made it unsafe to place climbers under the tree. AP Newsopb
“The Doerner Fir, previously known as the Brummit Fir is one the tallest non-redwood trees in the world. In 1991, it was measured at 329’. More recently in 2011 at 327’. The crown is dying back significantly as you can see in the images. The Fir also maintains an impressive circumference of 36’.” https://www.gatheringgrowth.org/trees-of-significance/the-doerner-fir