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Firefighters battle to save Oregon’s 325-foot Doerner Fir

Firefighters battle to save Oregon’s 325-foot Doerner Fir

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities in Oregon are trying to extinguish a fire that is burning in one of the world’s tallest trees near the state’s southern coast. The Doerner Fir, a coastal Douglas Fir tree over 325 feet (99 meters) tall and estimated to be over 450 years old, has been burning since Saturday in Coos County in Oregon’s …

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