Watch | In Canada, wildfires reach resort town of Jasper, thousands asked to evacuate
Massive clouds of smoke engulfed the coniferous trees and set the national park ablaze leaving the residents frightened and causing a major traffic disruption on Highway 16.
Smoke rises from the Lower Campbell Creek wildfire (K51472) wildfire northwest of Beaverdell, British Columbia, Canada. (Reuters) Continuing with its previous year’s destructive record of 6,132 wildfires, Canada is still burning. The North American country has witnessed 258 wildfires so far this year, ESA data reported. On Wednesday, the fires reached Jasper – a town in Alberta Municipality – in the Canadian Rockies’ largest national park.
Massive clouds of smoke engulfed the coniferous trees and set the national park ablaze leaving the residents frightened and causing a major traffic disruption on Highway 16. One of the evacuees, talking to CBS, stated that it took her 7 hours to drive away from the town.
Taking to X, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that federal assistance was requested by the municipality and that they are “mobilising every necessary resource available”.
Western Canada is prone to ‘weak veins of moisture.’ (Reuters)
The primary reason as stated by the National Wildland Fire Situation Report for wildfires in the country is the ‘stagnant high-pressure ridge maintaining hot temperatures in the region’. (Reuters)
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