Wildfires near Canada’s Jasper National Park prompt evacuation; fleeing vehicles clog highways – Times of India
EDMONTON: Multiple wildfires have flared up in the Canadian Rockies' largest national park, forcing visitors along with thousands of residents to evacuate and flee west over mountain roads through darkness, soot, and ash, following a government alert. Photos and videos shared on social media overnight Monday through Tuesday showed a midnight cavalcade of bumper-to-bumper cars and trucks, headlights on, red tail lights glowing, cars inching, stopping, starting, crawling through swirling tendrils of acrid smoke, all trying to get out of Jasper National Park and the Jasper townsite - home to 4,700 residents. The park - situated in the province of Alberta and about 370 km (192 miles) west of the provincial capital city of Edmonton - is popular among tourists and known for its campgrounds an...