A reception centre has been set up in northwest Calgary to offer helpful resources such as mental health support and temporary accommodation options for evacuees and their pets.
At least 10,000 residents and tourists were forced to evacuate from Jasper National Park after a wildfire made its way across the region on Monday night, prompting the City of Calgary to open its Emergency Operations Centre to support evacuees. At least 10,000 residents and tourists were forced to evacuate from Jasper National Park after wildfires spread across the region Monday night, prompting the City of Calgary to open its Emergency Operations Centre to support evacuees.
"Our doors are open to support those that have been displaced by this emergency in what I'm sure is a very difficult time," Sue Henry, chief of the Calgary Emergency Management Agency, said Tuesday. The encroaching wildfire is burning 12 kilometres south of the Jasper townsite, blocking escape along Highway 93. Meanwhile, there is a smaller group of fires about five kilometres northeast of the community, blocking escape along Highway 16 to Edmonton.
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