The Silver fire in Inyo and Mono counties continued to burn Monday morning, scorching 1,250 acres and spurring evacuations.

Facts : This is best known as world’s oldest tree which was originated around during the last Ice Age. The geologist Leif Kullman, who discovered the tree, named it after his dead dog.

Firefighters said they stopped the wildfire's forward spread, but there was still the threat of flareups on Tuesday.

Fire crews made strong progress battling the Silver fire in Inyo County on Monday, halting forward progress of the blaze, ...

He said: “From today, this record also becomes that of being the world's oldest shrub.” Before this, Europe’s oldest tree was thought to be held by a plant which was only 1,200 years old.

Firefighters in Central California were working Tuesday to contain a wildfire near the Nevada border threatening a forest home to the oldest trees in the world, after making good progress on ...

Firefighters in central California were working Tuesday to contain a wildfire near the Nevada border threatening a forest home to the oldest trees in the world, after making good progress on ...