Reduced to ash: "Jasper (National Park - next door to Banff) was Alberta's piece of heaven on earth, known for its

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20. I'm devastated...

My daughter worked at Maligne Lake until last year and I was able to go up and vist, tour the area and met many of the workers, some of whom lived in Jasper, and am so worried about them right now.

From a CBC article - Video shows widespread destruction caused by wildfire in Jasper

The wildfire, whipped into a firestorm by intense winds, burned with such intensity and speed that plumes of ash and flames shot hundreds of feet into the air.

James Eastham, a Parks Canada wildfire information officer, said firefighters were faced with a wall of flame that proved impossible to contain.

"Fire behaviour was intense," Eastham said in an interview Wednesday.

"Fire crews were witnessing 300- to 400-foot flames in a fully involved, continuous crown fire and a fire spread rate of approximately 15 metres per minute."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/wildfire-that-roared-into-jasper-was-a-wall-of-fast-moving-flame-says-fire-official-1.7274825