Parks Canada Official Says Wildfire in Jasper National Park Could Burn for Months

Parks Canada Official Says Wildfire in Jasper National Park Could Burn for Months
A devastated residential block in Jasper on July 26, 2024. The Canadian Press/Amber Bracken
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A Parks Canada official says a wildfire that’s destroyed hundreds of structures in the town of Jasper and continues to burn out-of-control in the national park could still be burning months from now.

“This fire is the largest one that Jasper National Park has recorded in the last 100 years,” Landon Shepherd, a deputy incident commander with the federal agency, told a news conference on Saturday afternoon in nearby Hinton, Alta.