Can sequoia trees survive wildfires?

So with the Windy KBP Complex fires burning in the Sequoia National Forest and Park, 23ABC took an in-depth look at the impact of those fires in those areas.

TURNING NOW TO SOME UPDATES ONWILDFIRES BURNING TO THENORTH OF US, THE WINDY FIRE ANDKNCOP MPLEX WHICH IS NORTHOF THE TULARE AND KERN COUNTYLI.SO TONIGHT...WE WANTED TO TAKEAN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE IMPACTTHOSE OF THOSE FIRES IN THOSEAREAS..SO FAR, THE WINDY FIRE HASBURNED ABOUT 27-THOUSANDACRES AND IS 5-PERCENTCONTAINED..

AND THE KNP COMPX LEFIRES HAVE BURNED ABOUT25-THOUSAND ACRES..

AND THEKNP COMPLEX FIRE THAT WAS CAUSEDBY LIGHTNI HNGAS NOCONTAINMENT YET..BUT IN SOME GOOD NEWS, THEASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS CREWSVEHA SUCCESSFULLY MADE SURE THATTHE TWO-THOUSAND SEQUIOA TREES IN THEGIANT FOREST,INCLUDING E THWORLD'S LARGT ESSEQUOIA, THE GENERALSHERMAN TREE, ARE SA!

FEFIRE CREW COVERED THE TREES WITHPROTECTIVEALUMINIUM FOIL AND CLEARED FUELAND BRUSH AROUND THETREES TO PREVENT THEM FROMBURNING..SO, THESE GIANT SEQUOIAS HAVEACTUALLY ADAPTEDO TPERIODIC FIRES OVER THE PASTCOUPLE FEW HUNDRED YRSEA..THE BARK OF THE TREE CAN BE UPTO 18-INCHES THICK AND THEFIBERS HELPS RESIST BURNING, BUTALSO INSULATE THETREE FROM THE HEAT OF THFIE .

REFIRES ALSO HELP PREPARE THE SOILFOR THE SEQUOIA SEEDS TOGERMINATE AND BURNS E THUNDEGROWTH.THE TREES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TOSURVIVE WILDFIRES IN THEPAST, BUT AS WILDFIRES INTENSETHAT HAS NOT BEEN THECASE RECENTLY.THE CASTLE FIRE FROM LAST YEARDESTROYED HUNDREDS OFSEQUOIAS JUST SOUTH OFHE TNAONTIAL PARK.NOW TAKING A LIV