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Jasper on Fire
Five Days of Hell in a Rocky Mountain Paradise
On a brilliant sunny day at the height of the summer, July 2024, residents and visitors to the picturesque tourist town of Jasper, Alberta, learned that fast-moving forest fires were burning both south and north of town. That left only one westward road out of harm’s way. Over three frantic days, 5,000 residents and 20,000 tourists were evacuated from Jasper as firefighters used helicopters to battle flames reaching 100- feet high and leaping from treetop to treetop behind 100-kilometre-per hour winds. The 25,000-hectare fire was so intense it likely created its own weather system and lightning. Despite heroic efforts, a third of the town was lost.
Contributors
Matthew Scace
Matthew Scace is a journalist for the Calgary Herald and Calgary Sun, and has written for several publications including The Globe and Mail, National Post and Vancouver Sun. Fire on the Mountain is his first book. He lives in Calgary.
