The fire, which prompted 25,000 people to flee, roared into the near-deserted town overnight as a “wall of fire,” devastating up to half the structures in the picturesque resort, officials said.
In this photo released by the Jasper National Park, smoke rises from a wildfire burning near Jasper, Alberta, Canada, on Wednesday.GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alberta — 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 as a “wall of fire,” devastating up to half the structures in the picturesque resort, officials said Thursday.
Danielle Smith, the premier of Alberta province, said from 30% to 50% of the town's structures are potentially damaged. “We don’t know which structures have been damaged and which ones are destroyed, but that’s going to be a significant rebuild and significant displacement,” Smith said.A"sense of loss" in a picturesque town
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 notice late Monday and Tuesday when the fires flared up. One of the fires entered the southern edge of the community Wednesday evening.
Parks Canada said in a post on X that there had been"no reported injuries as the result of the Jasper Complex Wildfire. Approximately 25,000 people were safely evacuated from the town of Jasper and Jasper National Park. All residents, visitors and responders are safe."Park officials said efforts to fight the fire were continuing and that it was not immediately possible to give details of the damage.
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