HINTON, Alta. — It's been hard to find a hotel room in Hinton, Alta., lately.
Firefighters from across Canada and around the world have been calling the town of 10,000 home since late July after joining the fight against massive wildfires some 75 kilometres down the highway in Jasper National Park .
"A lot of people didn't even know how to help, but they just got into action and tried to do something just to show support." "What we've gone through pales in comparison. But at the same time, there's a lot of businesses in town that are hurting right now." "We need to go in hard and fast and we need to co-ordinate everything and we need to get it in there because people want to get back to normal and they want to live in their homes and they need food — they're tired of eating out."
"I think that we will absorb the folks that we need to fairly well," said Nissen. "We even have plenty of land, we can get work camps and temporary housing set up as needed."
Jasper Residents Alberta Emergency Management Agency Tyler Waugh Marcel Preville Nicholas Nissen HINTON
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