| 2024 Jasper wildfire Part of the 2024 Canada wildfires | |
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 Satellite image of smoke from the fire on July 23, 2024 | |
| Date(s) | July 22 – September 7, 2024 |
| Location | Jasper, Alberta, Canada |
| Statistics | |
| Total area | 39,000 hectares (96,000 acres) |
| Impacts | |
| Deaths | 1 firefighter[1] |
| Evacuated | 25,000+ |
| Structures destroyed | 358 (townsite) |
| Ignition | |
| Cause | Lightning[2] |
| Map | |
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The 2024 Jasper wildfire, also known as the Jasper Wildfire Complex,[3] was a wildfire in Jasper, Alberta, Canada.[4] Fires were initially spotted in the mountains both north and south of the resort town before both reached the town.[5] A mass evacuation was ordered on July 22.[6]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
deathwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Wildfire status". Government of Canada. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ "Wildfire status — Jasper Wildfire Complex". Parks Canada. Archived from the original on September 8, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- ^ "Canadian wildfires: 25,000 evacuated from the tourist town of Jasper". BBC News. July 25, 2024. Archived from the original on July 25, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ "Video shows widespread destruction caused by wildfire in Jasper". CBC News. July 25, 2024. Archived from the original on July 25, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ Cecco, Leyland (July 23, 2024). "Canada wildfires: 25,000 evacuate Jasper national park amid multiple blazes". The Guardian. Archived from the original on July 25, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2024.