ALBERTA WILDFIRES | Jasper mayor shares painful impact of wildfires

Lived close to Jasper for most of my life. Really awful to see this

My heart is bleeding, we came back just two weeks ago with beautiful pictures…. I’m speechless and cry….😢😢😢😢

I FEEL SORRY FOR WILDLIFE

I have traveled through jasper many times this year and a few times in the last 2 weeks. The town was surrounded by dead trees. As painful as the loss is knowing that jasper and the province did nothing to mitigate the fire hazards. A fire break could have easily surrounded the town. If I were a resident I would be so angry at the failure of jasper council and the province.

I am worried for my grandmothers safety and many other citizens of jasper, prayers are with you🙏

Why were no fire guards created?? Insufficient funding from the National Parks? Will Banff be next?

How do you think he feels? What a heartless question!

Our prayers are with the residence of Jasper 🙏🙏🙏

Reminds me of the devastating wildfire that destroyed Lahaina last year.

Prayers for Jasper

The only help should be stopping the fires outright, rather than hand out blankets to the survivors and burying the dead!

My heart goes out to you all, stay safe, you can replace your stuff.

Locals feared this for a loooooong time. Since all beetlekill in area was never cleaned up! Valley was a tinderbox ready to Go Up! Start over Rebuild it all!

We know that transportation routes through this area will be of the highest of priority after this devastation , just look what happened to the town of Lytton.

I grew up in Jasper. I have friend who still live there. This is horrific thing that will take generations to recover from.

My heart is broken

This what i discovered on the alberta government websites. A mandate on firesmart Community members, community leaders, industry and all levels of government have a responsibility to lessen the effects of wildfire. FireSmart is the implementation of both prevention and mitigation measures to reduce wildfire threat to Albertans and their communities while balancing the benefits of wildfire on the landscape. In my opinion fire breaks should have been installed years agoaround towns and power infrastructure. Let's protect other towns I feel Premier Smith will examine causes against old government fire management and fix it as she has been doing!

Beautiful Jasper, my heart goes out to everyone impacted. Such tragic news

AB needs assistance with fighting these fires = given. The province is requesting assistance from the CAF = understandable. Yet, Poliviere does not commit to funding the CAF should he win the PM Office = Wrong! Support our military members. Canadians need a strong military.

Lyton BC all over again!😢