By Staff The Canadian Press
Posted August 5, 2024 3:39 pm
Updated August 5, 2024 3:40 pm
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Alberta firefighter, 24, dies battling Jasper wildfires
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is successful Hinton, Alta., to get a briefing connected nan position of nan Jasper wildfire.
Trudeau is expected to circuit nan mobile incident bid centre Monday, and meet pinch Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland and Jasper evacuees.
He is not expected to circuit nan municipality of Jasper itself.
More than 20,000 group were evacuated from nan municipality and Jasper National Park astir 2 weeks agone arsenic a wildfire inched person to nan area, destroying one-third of nan town’s buildings.
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A Calgary firefighter died complete nan play aft a character fell connected him while fighting nan fire.
Trudeau has said he is heartbroken by nan news and is reasoning of nan man’s family, friends and chap firefighters.
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