California Firefighters Battle Coffee Pot Fire in Sequoia National Park

California crews continue to battle the Coffee Pot fire in the southwest corner of Sequoia National Park, a blaze started nearly four weeks ago by a lightning strike, according to fire officials. The fire reached nearly 9 square miles Thursday inside the national park, located in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains near Lone Pine and Mount Whitney in Central California. The park is known for its towering sequoias that can live up to 3,000 years. The fire remained officially at zero percent containment Thursday, but firefighters have spent the past two weeks building containment lines in natural features–such as large rock areas, ridges, roads, and rivers–ahead of the flames....