Highway 16 will be closed for westbound travel at the Jasper Park gates in Alberta
A wildfire in Alberta has forced the closure of a major highway through Jasper National Park, and an evacuation alert has been issued for both the park and for the Municipality of Jasper.
Parks Canada said earlier in the evening that its fire crews and the Jasper Fire Department were responding to a wildfire around the town’s transfer station, located approximately nine kilometres northeast of the Jasper townsite. “Parks Canada is responding to multiple wildfire starts. This is an evolving and dynamic situation,” the agency said in the post.The three communities that make up Little Red River Cree Nation — John D’Or Prairie, Fox Lake and Garden River — remain under evacuation order as the out-of-control Semo Wildfire Complex burns nearby. It’s estimated to be more than 960 square kilometres in size.“The dozer groups are going to be working 24-7.
More than 160 wildfires are burning across Alberta. They have been coughing up clouds of smoke that are obscuring the sky and are hazardous to health.
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