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  2. 2024 Jasper wildfire - Wikipedia

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    In July 2024, a wildfire complex developed in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. Fires formed north and south of the resort town of Jasper and grew out of control, and on July 22 they forced a mass evacuation of 25,000 residents, workers, and visitors. The fires merged and swept through the town, destroying 358 of its 1,113 structures.

  3. 2024 Canadian wildfires - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. 2024 Western megafires - Wikipedia

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    In the case of the wildfires in Jasper National Park, for example, due to the potential impact of climate change on the area of forest burned in North America, Amiro et al. (2009) used the Canadian Global Circulation Model (CGCM1) to predict that the amount of greenhouse gases emitted as a result of wildfires in Canada would double by the end ...

  5. Fires in Canada's Jasper town coming under control, say ...

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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.

  6. A fast-moving wildfire in the Canadian Rockies that had prompted 25,000 people to flee roared into the near-deserted town of Jasper overnight with flames higher than treetops, devastating up to ...

  7. Jasper town fires extinguished, Canadian officials defend ...

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    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.

  8. Jasper, Alberta - Wikipedia

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    The incorporation order established the Jasper townsite as the Town of Jasper [10] and the surrounding balance of the specialized municipality as a rural service area that was deemed equivalent to a municipal district. [11] The Jasper wildfire began on July 22, 2024 and destroyed significant parts of the town. [12] [13]

  9. Canadian wildfire reaches Jasper, firefighters battle to ...

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    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 ...