jessica harrington from our sister station in fresno is live near the fire line tonight, where they are now using a sprinkler system to try to save the trees. jessica: good evening. good news for the giant sequoias. officials have confirmed we have not lost one to displays. although you can tell the fire is still burning, a glimmer of hope tonight. the fire is moving toward the burn scar of a 2017 wildfire. that could help with containment, and best of all, it is continuing to move away from the giant sequoias. charred trees were chopped down in mariposa grove monday afternoon. the base of some of the giant sequoias were damaged, but not destroyed. fire officials think preparations in years past helps prevent this blaze from being more damaging to the ounts.>> we did some burning ine grove in 2017, so things are looking pretty good in here. we just hope to continue that way. jessica: a sprinkler has been set up in the hopes of preventing a fire at the base of the second tallest tree in the park. nearby, mandatory evacuations remain in place. the meadows and hillsides, normally visible,

you should be ready to evacuate in mariposa county jessica harrington abc 7 news. meantime another fire in yosemite national park is 79% contained tonight. the washburn fire is east of the oak fire and started on july 7th. so far nearly 4900 acres have burned. flames of threatened the park's famous giant sequoia trees and is burning in an area hard hit by drought. firefightersne enough ground though that highway 41 was allowed to reopen so visitors could get through the park's south entrance. a stubborn fire in the east bay may finally be out the marsh fire started at the end of may and the smoke fouled up the air in parts of contra costa county. and while one fire may be out it is fires like the ones in mariposa county that are caused for concern. abc 7 news reporter answer hasan has this story? after seven weeks of fire in the past seven days of flooding. it's blue skies over pittsburgh and bay point. they're tough to extinguish, but the appearance is right now, it appears that it in fact has been extinguished the marsh fire began at the end of may ignited by a f