Jasper updates: Wildfire reaches townsite
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One of two wildfires threatening Jasper National Park has reached the townsite.
One of two wildfires threatening Jasper National Park has reached the townsite.
Parks Canada, in a Facebook update on its Jasper National Park page at 7:10 p.m., said the south fire came into the town that's home to 4,100 residents at 6:40 p.m.
It said responders from Alberta and other provinces are fighting the blaze and that firefighters are dealing with "multiple structural fires" and working to "protect critical infrastructure."
One of two wildfires threatening Jasper has reached the southern outskirts of the Alberta Rockies community.
In an early evening statement, officials with Parks Canada and the Municipality of Jasper said the south fire, as of 6 p.m., was at the town's south limits by strong wind gusts from the south and southeast.
The statement said firefighters remain in the community to combat spot fires and maintain sprinkler lines.
The officials said 10-20 millimetres of rain is forecast to arrive in the next 24 hours, beginning later tonight.
