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On July 23, service on the CN Rail main transcontinental line through Jasper was suspended, with CN sending one of its firefighting trains to the town that same day. [ 8 ] 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 ...
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 ...
The Jasper Park Lodge, one of the largest hotels in town, said the fire had reached its grounds. The 400-room residence is run by Fairmont, a group owned by France's Accor.
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. "Jasper townsite fire ...
The fire eventually consumed over 32,000 hectares and destroyed 358 of Jasper's 1,113 structures. [23] [24] Smoke from the fire combined with that from Park Fire in California and reduced air quality as far as New England and Mexico [25] The Jasper fire continued to grow through August along its southern border. [26]
Quickly prompting the total evacuation of the city of Jasper (pop. 4,817 (2023) [9]). During its subsequent progression, approximately 30% of the total structures of the town were destroyed, [10] [11] and one death of a firefighter was recorded while fighting the blaze. [12]
One fire was 6,750 hectares (16,679 acres) while the other fire was 270 hectares (667 acres), according the park’s Facebook post. ... “The Town of Jasper and Jasper National Park remain closed ...
Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland said the valley in which the town sits was "absolutely full" of dead pine beetle trees, but the reason 70% of structures had not burned was because of steps taken by ...