Jasper fire

The evacuation order was broadcast on the Alberta Emergency Alert System at around 10 p.m.. “Everyone in Jasper must evacuate now. Use Highway 16 towards ...

This is an Alberta Emergency Alert. The Municipality of Jasper and Jasper National Park have updated the Wildfire alert. This alert is in effect for everyone ...

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 ...

The wildfire is approximately nine kilometres south of the town of Jasper, Alta., with Parks Canada calling it an 'evolving and dynamic situation'

Residents and visitors in Jasper have been ordered to evacuate the area due to the threat of a wildfire located south of the town.

An evacuation order has been issued for the town of Jasper and anyone within Jasper National Park as a result of a wildfire burning south of the town.

At about 7:30 p.m., Parks Canada issued an alert that fire crews and the Jasper Fire Department were responding to a wildfire near the transfer station, about ...

People in Jasper have been ordered to evacuate the area due to the threat of a wildfire located south of town.

An emergency alert warned residents and guests that they must be out by 3 a.m., with instructions to leave via the one remaining open highway.

An Alberta Emergency Alert that was issued at 10:18 p.m. stated the fire was expected to reach the community in five hours, and that everyone in the town and ...

Multiple wildfires in Jasper National Park flared up with a vengeance late Monday night, forcing all park visitors along with the 4700 residents of the ...

Residents of Jasper and visitors of the popular national park are being told to be ready to leave on short notice due to nearby wildfires.

A worsening wildfire situation at a First Nation 575 km north of Edmonton has forced 7,000. 02:16. Thousands flee northern Alberta wildfires.

Experts say there is a list of things people should be prepared to grab quickly as they leave their homes for safer communities and designated reception ...

Alberta's famous Jasper National Park has been shut down and evacuations are under way amid raging wildfires threatening residents and visitors.

"Everyone in Jasper must evacuate now," the Alberta government stated in an emergency alert just after 10 p.m..

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Prince George, BC - Evacuees travelling from the Municipality of Jasper and Jasper National Park should continue on Highway 16 through ...

Thousands of wildfire evacuees forced from Jasper National Park into British Columbia along smoke-choked mountain roads Monday night were directed Tuesday ...

People are fleeing Jasper National Park and the township due to the growing threat of wildfires. 03:27. Jasper evacuees flee in the dark from wildfires.

Alberta is estimating 10,000 people – a combination of residents and seasonal workers – were forced to evacuate Jasper National Park because of nearby wildfires ...

Brushing his teeth in the parking lot of a McDonald's in Hinton on Tuesday, it was a long night for Jasper wildfire evacuee, Daniel Turner.

Alberta officials order residents, seasonal workers and tourists to flee as fires and smoke descend on Rocky Mountain community.

This is an Alberta Emergency Alert. The Municipality of Jasper and Jasper National Park have updated the Wildfire alert. This alert is in effect for everyone ...

The Alberta government said it has questions and will be looking into the messaging used in evacuation orders issued Monday night amid a wildfire in the ...

Roughly 25000 residents and visitors have now been evacuated as a wildfire burns south of Jasper, while remaining backcountry hikers will be airlifted out ...

In a story that has become all too familiar in Alberta recently, raging wildfires have forced residents to pack up and leave a community.

Thousands continue to flee wildfires and escape Jasper National Park amid concerns changing weather could lead to the situation worsening.

Evacuation order issued for Jasper and Jasper National Park. Travel route information for wildfire evacuees, via Highway 16 and Highway 5 via Kamloops.

Many of them sought solace in Valemount, a tiny village of just a thousand people 120 kilometres away, plunging the community into a crisis. “We probably had ...

At a news conference Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis said of the fires burning in the national park, one of them is located about 12 kilometres south of ...

The wildfire threatening Jasper from the south has now burned about 6750 hectares, while the fire to the north is about 270 hectares in size.

Parks Canada staff say aggressive fire behaviour prompted the decision to have thousands of people flee the Jasper area late Monday night.

Alberta Emergency Alert initially said residents had to flee because the fire was five hours from the Jasper townsite, but an hour later corrected that to say ...