Jasper wildfire: Evacuees who fled national park find safety after long journey

Some wildfire evacuees who were trapped successful postulation for hours while leaving Jasper National Park opportunity they are emotion relieved to person recovered safety.

Addison McNeill, who is 24, says she felt stressed erstwhile she sewage an alert connected Monday nighttime to evacuate Jasper astir 2 hours aft she moved to nan alpine municipality from Edmonton.

When she sewage connected nan road, she says she saw galore of Jasper’s 4,700 residents exiting nan municipality calmly on pinch visitors contempt being trapped successful gridlock and hot, steaming aerial for hours.

Evacuees were initially ordered to spell to British Columbia but were directed connected Tuesday to make a wide U-turn arsenic that state was dealing pinch its ain wildfires.

Since then, reception centres person been group up northbound of Jasper successful Grande Prairie arsenic good arsenic successful Calgary and Edmonton, wherever evacuees are being helped pinch accommodations.

Jasper resident Leanne Maeva Joyeuse says she feels relieved to person made it to Grande Prairie aft having been connected nan roadworthy for astir 20 hours but she is worried astir really nan wildfires will impact her town.

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