A firefighter has died fighting the out-of-control wildfire complex burning in Jasper National Park. RCMP say around 2:15 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, officers were notified of an Alberta Wildland fire employee who sustained a serious injury.The 24-year-old firefighter was hit by a falling tree while fighting the blaze northeast of Jasper.The firefighter was a
Residents and businesses of the townsite inside Jasper National Park found out on Saturday for certain whether or not they have a property to return to. The municipality of Jasper released a high-resolution map and list of properties showing the structures destroyed this past week (go to bottom of this story to see map and
For the first time since tens of thousands of people were forced to flee Jasper National Park by a wildfire that then went on to destroy about a third of the Alberta mountain town, a clearer picture is emerging of the devastation. On Friday, Premier Danielle Smith and other officials were taken on a tour
For more information on the destruction inside the Jasper townsite, read this story. As flames raged through the mountain town of Jasper, officials believe between 30 and 50 per cent of the townsite may have been lost to the wildfire that burned its way into the community the night before.Parks Canada said the most significant
For the latest updates on the Jasper wildfire situation for Thursday, July 25, 2024, read this story post. A volunteer firefighter in Jasper is choosing to focus on the positives, after watching her family home burn to the ground amid a devastating wildfire in the western Alberta mountain town.As thousands of people fled Jasper National
The Alberta government said it has questions and will be looking into the messaging used in evacuation orders issued Monday night amid a wildfire in the Jasper region. Just before 10 p.m. Monday, an evacuation order was issued for the Town of Jasper due to a wildfire south of the townsite.At 10:18 p.m., the entire
UPDATE: For July 23 developments on the wildfire, please click here to view a new article by Motorcycle accident toronto today. Visitors, campers and residents of Jasper National Park were told to get out late Monday night as high temperatures and winds fanned the flames of a wildfire threatening the national park in western Alberta.An Alberta Emergency
People forced to leave Jasper National Park in western Alberta on Monday are talking about what it was like to flee after a wildfire evacuation order was issued at this busy time of year for the area. “It’s wall-to-wall traffic,” said Carolyn Campbell, of Edmonton, in a phone interview with The Canadian Press from her
The communities of Ashcroft and Spences Bridge along with some homes and properties in the surrounding areas, including Cache Creek, have been placed under evacuation alerts due to the threat of an advancing wildfire. It comes as officials confirmed several structures in the Venables Valley, north of Spences Bridge, had been burned by the Shetland
An Alberta Wildfire official said Thursday the out-of-control fire burning near Fort McMurray, which forced thousands of people out of their homes, did not grow overnight and noted more rain is expected in the region. Alberta Wildfire information unit manager Christie Tucker joined Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen at a news conference in Edmonton