The circumference at the base (CBH) was 17 feet 8 inches (5.38 m). Its height was 148 feet (45 m) and it weighed 27 tons. Some 35 feet (11 m) of the trunk was hollow. In 1977, 40 feet (12 m) of its top blown was out. It was struck by lightning in 1986 and felled by a suspicious fire on June 23, 2001.[3][4]