On social media, Jasperites share photos and videos, anxiously searching for their homes among the wreckage
The threat of wildfire has long been on Jasper’s radar. Like most of Western Canada, our summer is a time of great joy and great anxiety. Hiking season, smoke season, beach season, be-ready-to-flee season. The town is surrounded by forest, much of it dead and dry from the. Fires can pop up anywhere, hot and fast. Knowing this, we hoped for the best and prepared for the worst. We packed our go-bags, learned the evacuation plan,, which started July 19, would reach town.
Kelly Cryderman: It’s not just a vast forest burning – Jasper is one of the most beautiful spots on the planet The day the fire reached town, an artist named Liz Toohey-Wiese posted a photo of a sign she made for a burn area near the B.C.-Yukon border. It read: “Forced Into a Great and Difficult Transformation.”
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