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The fires - caused by a massive wildfire that is sweeping through Alberta's mountainous Jasper National Park - are said to have destroyed about a third of the town.
An update from Parks Canada on August 1 indicated the wildfire had grown substantially and was now 39,000 hectares (96,000 acres), with more growth expected. [16] On August 17, Parks Canada and the Municipality of Jasper lifted the evacuation alert for Jasper after the wildfire was classified as being held. [17]
(Reuters) -A raging wildfire has devastated the western Canadian tourist town of Jasper and firefighters were working on Thursday to save as many buildings as possible, authorities said. Jasper is ...
Nearly a third of Jasper's structures were destroyed when a massive wildfire, with flames burning 100 meters (330 feet) high, hit the popular Alberta tourist town last week.
After almost four weeks, the Jasper fire was declared held on August 17, [30] and brought under control September 7. [31] The fires were expected to burn until early winter. [31] The estimated carbon emissions for July 2024 were the most of any July dating back to 2003, when the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service began collecting data. [6]
The Jasper wildfire is one of three record-breaking megafires [1] [2] in North America—along with the 2024 California wildfires [3] and the 2024 Oregon wildfires — where blazes intensified at an alarming rate. [4]
TORONTO (Reuters) -A 24-year-old firefighter was killed by a falling tree while battling a forest blaze northeast of Jasper in the Western Canadian province of Alberta on Saturday, the police said ...
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