Portland, ore. – Officers in Oregon are trying to extinguish the fire burning in one of the tallest trees in the world, near the southern coast of the state.
Doerner FIR, a coastal Dougus fir tree over 325 feet and is estimated to be more than 450 years old, burning in COOS County in Oregon’s coast range from Saturday. Federal Bureau of Land Management spokesman Megan Harper said that an infrared drone flight on Tuesday showed no active flames or smoke on the top of the tree, but it explored the heat within a cavity in the tree trunk.
CBS COS Bay, Oregon affiliate KCBY-TV The diameter of the tree is 11.5 feet. The station says that the weather in the area of this week has been hot and dried.
Harper said to find out how to contact the tree to sink the cavity with water. Various options have been discussed, which involves climbing scaffolding or adjacent trees for better conditions, or to solve and monitor it to see if it rule.
He said that the crew stayed on the site on Tuesday and a helicopter was on standby, when water droplets were needed, he said.
The CoOos Forest Protential Association said on Monday that helicopter bucket drops had reduced fire activity near the top of the tree. It states that the sprinkler was placed on the base of the tree, where the lines of Control were also constructed to prevent further fire.
COOS One Protective Association Facebook page 
KCB reported that Kos Bay District issued an emergency bandh of public land for the surrounding area of fire repression activities.
Harper said that the fire could stand a tree in the global height rankings.
“We have lost about 50 feet, just by fire and falling out of pieces,” he said, seeing that 50 feet top was lost through burning. “So I don’t know where it will stand after this, but it is still a great tree.”
The federal agency said on Tuesday evening that the investigators along with the Bureau of Land Management denied electricity due to fire based on weather data. It is the only tree on fire in the immediate surrounding area, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
For now, according to Harper, the tree is not at risk of completely burning.
“Now, it’s not a threat,” he said. “The tree is so big, it has become so mass that it will take some time to burn through the tree.”
Meanwhile, people involved in fire efforts want to make every effort to save the historical tree, said Harper.
“I think people really love it,” he said about the tree. “There is a lot of history, and so we don’t want to lose it.”
