Firefighters in race to save Oregon’s tallest tree after it ignites

Crews are working to douse blaze on the 325-ft Doerner fir, one of the tallest non-redwood trees in the world

Oregon firefighters are working to save one of the tallest non-redwood trees in the world after it caught fire last week.

The coastal Douglas fir, believed to be about 450 years old and which stands 325 ft tall, was still burning east of Coquille on Tuesday, according to Megan Harper, public affairs specialist at the Bureau of Land Management. The Coos Forest Protective Association, a non-profit that provides wildland fire protection for several counties in Oregon, had received a call about the fire on Saturday.