One of two raging wildfires menacing the town of Jasper in the Canadian Rockies' largest national park roared into town and began burning buildings.
Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada — One of two raging wildfires menacing the town of Jasper in the Canadian Rockies' largest national park roared into town Wednesday and began burning buildings.Jasper National Park officials said the fire entered the southern edge of the community Wednesday evening and crews were battling multiple structural fires and working to protect key infrastructure. There were significant losses in some areas, they said.
The southern fire had been reported about 5 miles away from the town, but Katie Ellsworth of Parks Canada said strong wind gusts swooping in behind it sent it racing. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong as fire perimeters changed minute by minute. Ellsworth said bucketing efforts by helicopter failed. Crews using heavy equipment to build fireguards couldn't complete the work before having to pull back for safety. Water bombers couldn't help due to dangerous flying conditions.
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