Jasper wildfire: Rain, cooler weather limiting spread of flames in national park

The recent rainfall and cooler weather in Jasper National Park have helped to limit the spread of wildfires, providing a boost to firefighting efforts.

The park authorities are optimistic that the fire behaviour will calm over the next 72 hours due to the rainfall.

While more rain is expected Friday, temperatures are supposed to return to the mid-20s by Saturday, which the park says will lead to an increase in fire activity.

Global's Jasmine King reports.

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[velemeny]

Dear Canadians,
I saw and heard about a wildfire in Jasper park.
Your country is very very beautiful.
There are wonderful national parks, lakes and amazing places in Canada.
Canada is a treasure on the wordl.
I wish you to succeed in controlling the forest fires.
It is a tragedy to lose your own houses.
I feel for you, I know how it feels to lose a house.
I wish you the best in Canada.
The love must to win

Greetings from Europe
Eva

[Roguetwisterf]

Thanks to the Universe rain has finally arrived. My heart goes out to all Jasper residences and firefighters.

[pineapplepapercrafts]

I am so happy to hear a lot of the critical structures are still standing.

[lauriemapplebeck]

Thank God. Praying for you from Ontario!♥️🍁🙏🏼😊

[KayJay]

"Im from the government and im here to help"

Nine most dangerous words ever strung together

[ridinreiners]

That reporter talks too fast and with such a flat tone. Can’t Global hire better reporters?

[zira_fluff]

Results of helping promote the climate crisis with carbon taxes (that do nothing but make us poor) to promote the foreign war machine instead of funding forestry management.

[angelab]

Amazing. They dew the place, then geoengineer the rain.
Good job

[VikingMale]

Jasper is a UNESCO world heritage site, so will this be just like Maui…

[canadianstarman]

The Jasper fire was first reported Monday at 7pm July22 . Nexlab Satellite pictures show that the size of the fire wasn't significant till 5 am July 23rd .

[GinaDeLeone]

Good to hear this answered prayer. ❤AMEN thank God ALMIGHTY 🙏🙌❤💖😌👏🙏

[abhishekchauhan]

My heart really goes out of all Jasper residence. Just a question: Why is the government not trying with artificial rain.

[patriciapatriciagray-thorp]

So sad....Jasper is a special place....visited years ago. This is a UNESCO site😢😢😢

[Maksymetzmj]

Classic tactic to fight forrest fires. Throw money at it until the rain comes

[ul]

Thanks, Everyone! The Trees Are Saved!

[NewsChoice-lxmi]

I am not a resident of the wildfire area but I would like to know, in 2024 that you can buy a drone with an HD camera at Costco for $50, how difficult it is to run auto pilot drones with heat or smoke sensor in the area on hourly or daily basis to detect fire right in the spot and once it is detected an operator can page a water tank helicopter to the area after investigation. I'm so mad to see these fires everywhere every year very frequently. Why can't we stop or deal with it in 2024 already?

[coconutchristoph]

Man where are all our resources to help with these fires. This is just one more example of what a failure this federal government is to Canada, its land and its native citizens

[vincevincent]

I wish we could get more info . Pine Bungalows still standing or not ? Jasper Tramway survive or not ? So heart breaking for all my friends in Jasper 😞

[Marvin-fnks]

Thanks Global ! Anyone notice that most CBC videos have the comments turned off ? I immediately stop watching them . Must be to protect the “absolutely climate change crowd “! Everyone is responsible. Poor forest /pine beatle management, emergency preparedness, careless citizens with matches and cigarettes . Sad days for Canadians .

[Eric_from_the_North]

Pine beetle, forest management is the cause. Back in 2017 the Conservatives put a motion for better Forest Management plan but the Liberals did nothing. They knew long ago that this would happen. Katherine McKenna was the minister back then.