Jasper officials release map, list of all structures destroyed by wildfire

By Nicholas Frew and Wallis Snowdon
CBC News
July 27, 2024
Category: Forest Fires
Region: Canada, Canada West

JASPER, Alberta — Parks Canada — the lead agency on the firefighting effort — estimated Friday that 358 of the town’s 1,113 structures — about one-third of all buildings — were destroyed. The map released Saturday supports what officials have previously said: west Jasper and southwest of Miette Avenue sustained the brunt of the damage. Entire blocks and rows of buildings and homes were destroyed. One west end neighbourhood was almost incinerated, the map shows. CBC News analyzed the list of addresses, which showed Patricia and Geikie streets, and Cabin Creek Drive, lost the most structures in town. …Satellite images of Jasper, collected Friday night using synthetic-aperture radar (SAR), were provided to CBC News by company Altitude Intelligence.

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