Firefighters Race to Save World’s Tallest Tree, Doerner Fir, in Oregon
Firefighters Race to Save World’s Tallest Tree, Doerner Fir, in Oregon PORTLAND, Ore. – Authorities in Oregon are continuing their intensive efforts today, August 20, 2025, to extinguish a persistent fire burning within the Doerner Fir, one of the world’s tallest trees, located near the state’s southern coast. The monumental coastal Douglas Fir, standing over 325 feet tall and estimated at over 450 years old, has been ablaze since Saturday, August 16, in Coos County. Despite an infrared drone flight…