Stubborn spot burning famed Doerner Fir

When flames were spotted within one of the world’s tallest trees, firefighters flooded the area.

- By Gracre TOOHEY

ONE OF THE world's tallest trees, the Doerner Fir in Oregon, remains ablaze.

Drones, aircraft and hand crews worked for days to tame the fire, successfully stopping it from spreading across the dense forest that surrounds the famous Doerner Fir tree in Oregon's Coast Range mountains.

But the towering Coast Douglas fir has remained stubbornly alight.

And firefighters — at least at the moment — seem stumped.

“There’s still this spot where water is just not quite reaching yet,” said Megan Harper, a spokesperson for the Bureau of Land Management in Oregon. “Partway down the tree there’s an area that’s burning a cavity into the side. ... That is the area that is now still hot.”