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Still, the status of the wildfire in Jasper National Park remains classified as "out of control," the government agency said, adding that it is the largest wildfire in more than 100 years in the park.
By the morning of July 24, the south fire grew to 10,800 hectares in size and was 8 km (5.0 mi) from Jasper, while the north fire remained the same size and was 5 km (3.1 mi) away. At 6:40 pm on July 24, powerful winds pushed the south fire, causing it to reach the townsite. [9]
Jasper and the neighboring Jasper National Park had been menaced by fires from both the north and south, and the town’s 5,000 full-time residents — along with 20,000 visitors – fled on short ...
At least two fires are burning in Jasper National Park, ... Jasper National Park is one of Canada’s most popular parks and drew in nearly 2.5 million visitors ... One fire was 6,750 hectares ...
Parks Canada, the federal agency managing the country's national parks, on Monday rejected criticism that it left the town of Jasper vulnerable to wildfires by not removing more trees killed by ...
Multiple wildfires have flared up in the Canadian Rockies' largest national park, forcing visitors along with thousands of residents to evacuate and flee west over mountain roads through darkness ...
Wildfires burning uncontrolled across the region include 433 in British Columbia and 176 in Alberta, more than a dozen of them in the area of Fort McMurray, an oil sands hub. The pipeline, which ...
A Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighter works to put out hotspots at a home destroyed in the Franklin Fire on Wednesday, December 11, 2024 in Malibu, California.