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Residents flee as wildfire rages uncontrolled near Athens
A firefighting helicopter makes a water drop as a wildfire burns in the village of Varnava, near Athens, Greece, August 11, 2024. Kostas Tzoumas/Eurokinissi via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. GREECE OUT. NO EDITORIAL OR COMMERCIAL SALES IN GREECE.
More than 400 lightning strikes spark eight new wildfires, BC Wildfire Services says
The Shetland Creek wildfire burns, near Spences Bridge, B.C. in an Aug. 1, 2024, handout photo. The agency monitoring wildfires in British Columbia's says eight new blazes have sprung up in the southern regions of the Northwest Fire Centre after more than 400 lightning strikes hit the area on Friday night. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-B.C. Wildfire Service *MANDATORY CREDIT*
In the wreckage of the Jasper wildfires, residents see a need to create a community built to last
Satellite image of Jasper captured on August 1, 2024, a week after wildfires devastated the town.
Jasper evacuees consider life and moving forward after the wildfire
Mike Day property before and after Jasper wildfire
Wildfires tick up with lightning in forecast for B.C.’s southern Interior
The McDougall Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside above lakefront homes in West Kelowna, B.C., on Friday, August 18, 2023. The number of active wildfires in British Columbia is ticking up after holding steady below 350 for days as officials warn of lightning in the forecast.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Residents flee as wildfire rages uncontrolled near Athens
A firefighting helicopter makes a water drop as a wildfire burns in the village of Varnava, near Athens, Greece, August 11, 2024. Kostas Tzoumas/Eurokinissi via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. GREECE OUT. NO EDITORIAL OR COMMERCIAL SALES IN GREECE.
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More than 400 lightning strikes spark eight new wildfires, BC Wildfire Services says
The Shetland Creek wildfire burns, near Spences Bridge, B.C. in an Aug. 1, 2024, handout photo. The agency monitoring wildfires in British Columbia's says eight new blazes have sprung up in the southern regions of the Northwest Fire Centre after more than 400 lightning strikes hit the area on Friday night. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-B.C. Wildfire Service *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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In the wreckage of the Jasper wildfires, residents see a need to create a community built to last
Satellite image of Jasper captured on August 1, 2024, a week after wildfires devastated the town.
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Jasper evacuees consider life and moving forward after the wildfire
Mike Day property before and after Jasper wildfire
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Wildfires tick up with lightning in forecast for B.C.’s southern Interior
The McDougall Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside above lakefront homes in West Kelowna, B.C., on Friday, August 18, 2023. The number of active wildfires in British Columbia is ticking up after holding steady below 350 for days as officials warn of lightning in the forecast.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Family, friends remember firefighter killed battling Jasper wildfire: ‘Bold and brilliant’
Comrades of a firefighter from Calgary who died while on duty in Jasper National Park stood on the sides of a roadway as a procession mourning his loss made its way past in Hinton, Alberta, east of Japer National Park, on Sunday Aug. 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Alberta Wildfire **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Maui remembers the 102 lost in the Lahaina wildfire with a paddle out one year after devastating blaze
FILE — Destroyed buildings and cars along Front Street in Lahaina, Hawaii, two days after the historic town on Maui was devastated by wildfire, Aug. 11, 2023. After last year’s Lahaina wildfire, thousands fled Maui to rebuild their lives elsewhere, but they have faced new hardships. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times)
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Fire-ravaged Jasper National Park to allow commercial traffic to flow again
The Athabasca Glacier, centre, part of the Columbia Icefields in Jasper National Park, Alta., is seen in moonlight on May 7, 2014. Parks Canada says parts of the Icefields Parkway are expected to reopen Friday thanks to recent progress made in wildfire prevention. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Investigators need more evidence to lay charges in 2023 Halifax wildfire, minister says
Maureen McGee, left, and her son Jordan search for belongings in the ruins of their family's home after it was destroyed in a wildfire in the suburban community of Hammonds Plains, N.S. outside of Halifax. More than a year after a wildfire ravaged a Halifax suburb, provincial fire officials are asking for the public’s help with their investigation.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Okanagan wildfire prompts evacuation orders, expands alerts
The Hullcar Mountain wildfire burns near Armstrong, B.C. in this Aug. 5, 2024 handout photo. There's a new surge in evacuation orders in British Columbia's North Okanagan as a nearby wildfire burns out of control, nearly doubling in size overnight. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, B.C. Wildfire Service *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Smoke, wild weather poses challenge to air crews battling Jasper fire, says minister
The remains of restaurants and business' in Jasper, Alta., on Friday July 26, 2024. Widespread smoke and less than adequate weather have made battling the Jasper wildfire all the more challenging for firefighters, according to Alberta’s forestry minister. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
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B.C. to see a return to seasonable temperatures, but wildfire risk remains
A danger tree faller works on the Shetland Creek wildfire, near Spences Bridge, B.C. in an Aug. 5, 2024, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-B.C. Wildfire Service, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Massive 2023 Halifax wildfire was beyond the fire department’s capabilities, report finds
A new report looking at Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency’s response to the “unprecedented” 2023 wildfire in a Halifax suburb says the rapidly growing blaze was beyond the department’s capabilities. A waterbombing helicopter is seen carrying water as emergency responders battle the wildfire burning in Tantallon, N.S., outside of Halifax on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Was the Jasper wildfire fuelled by a storm it created? Investigators race to understand a growing threat
In this July 24, 2024, image obtained from the Jasper National Park in Canada, smoke rises from a wildfire burning in the park. The "out of control" wildfire has devoured up to half of the main town in western Canada's popular Jasper National Park, authorities said July 25, with 400 foreign firefighters called in to help battle the blaze. (Photo by Handout / Jasper National Park / AFP) (Photo by HANDOUT/Jasper National Park/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trudeau meets officials, evacuees following Jasper wildfire
Wildfire Incident Commander Landon Shepherd, third from left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speak together while visiting the wildfire command centre in Hinton, Alberta on Monday August 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Wildfire Service expands wildfire evacuation orders in southern Interior
Rising temperatures, increasing winds and dry lightning are forecast for southern British Columbia over the weekend in areas where wildfires of note continue to burn in the Columbia, Kootenay and Thompson-Okanagan regions. A B.C. Wildfire Services wildland firefighter mans a pump on the fireground of the Dogtooth wildfire, near Golden, B.C., in a July 28, 2024, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-B.C. Wildfire Service, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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‘We’re going to survive and it’s going to come back’: A year after Maui wildfire, survivors press on
FILE - While surrounded by food donations, Evangeline Balintona, left, and her sister Elsie Rosales sit inside a hotel-condo after they both lost homes in Lahaina to the wildfire, Sept. 1, 2023, in Kahana, Hawaii. After arriving in Maui from the Philippines in 1999, Rosales saved her money while working as a hotel housekeeper and was able to buy a house in Lahaina in 2014, that was destroyed by the fire. “When I’m not working, I keep thinking about everything that burned,” she said. “Especially my jewelry. Everything that I worked hard for.” (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)
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A helicopter buckets water onto smouldering fires outside of Jasper, Alta., on Friday July 26, 2024. A group of firefighters from the Maritimes is heading to Alberta to assist with the ongoing battle against wildfires that have ravaged the Jasper area. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
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Tours of Jasper postponed out of respect for those impacted by loss of young firefighter
Firefighters work in Jasper, Alta., on Friday, July 26, 2024. Jasper National Park says wildfires in the area have grown by thousands of hectares and are set to expand further on Friday.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
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Jasper residents could visit town on bus tour as early as Sunday
Bus tours for evacuees from Jasper, Alta., to allow those whose homes were damaged or destroyed by a wildfire to see the damage first-hand will begin on Sunday. The remains of hotels in Jasper, Alta., on Friday July 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
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Bus tours for Jasper residents whose properties were affected by fire to start Sunday
Bus tours for evacuees from Jasper, Alta., to allow those whose homes were damaged or destroyed by a wildfire to see the damage first-hand will begin on Sunday. The remains of hotels in Jasper, Alta., on Friday July 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
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Firefighters face heat warnings, thunderstorms, high winds across southern B.C.
Rising temperatures, increasing winds and dry lightning are forecast for southern British Columbia over the weekend in areas where wildfires of note continue to burn in the Columbia, Kootenay and Thompson-Okanagan regions. A B.C. Wildfire Services wildland firefighter mans a pump on the fireground of the Dogtooth wildfire, near Golden, B.C., in a July 28, 2024, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-B.C. Wildfire Service, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Manitoba First Nation sends vulnerable members south due to wildfire smoke
A wildfire burns in northern Manitoba near Flin Flon, as seen from a helicopter surveying the situation, May 14, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
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Alberta getting wildfire help with firefighters from Nova Scotia and PEI set to arrive
A helicopter buckets water onto smouldering fires outside of Jasper, Alta., on Friday, July 26, 2024. A group of firefighters from the Maritimes is heading to Alberta to assist with the ongoing battle against wildfires that have ravaged the Jasper area. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
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Alberta Insider: Behind the scenes in Jasper after the wildfires
Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland, looks at what is left of his home of 67 years with federal Minister of Emergency Preparedness Harjit Sajjan, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, and Minister of Forestry and Parks Todd Loewen in Jasper, Alberta, Canada on Friday, July 26, 2024. AMBER BRACKEN/Pool via REUTERS
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Backcountry campers in Alberta not deterred by dramatic wildfire rescues
A fire rampaging through Jasper National Park remains out of control as crews work to reduce the risk of it spreading. A helicopter buckets water onto smouldering fires outside of Jasper, Alta., on Friday July 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
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Officials reopen Jasper highway to select vehicles as dry weather fuels fears of wildfire growth
<p>The business community of Jasper — a town whose economy depends on tourism, particularly the crucial summer season — is facing an overwhelming challenge in the months ahead. The remains of restaurants and business' in Jasper, Alta., on Friday July 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken</p>
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B.C. warns of increasing wildfire risk with the return of hot, dry weather
The number of active wildfires in British Columbia is holding steady at just under 340 as the provincial government warns of increasing fire risk this weekend. An out-of-control wildfire is seen in the Slocan Lake, B.C. area in this recent handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Nicole Blacksioux
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Wildfires in Colorado burn dozens of homes and structures, threaten hundreds more
The remains of a home off Stone Canyon Road smoulder after being consumed by the Stone Canyon Wednesday, July 31, 2024, near Lyons, Colo. (Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post via AP)
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Jasper mayor says plan underway for residents to see homes in burned townsite
Piles of belongings line the curb, as part of emergency fire-smarting efforts to save structures in Jasper, Alta., after a wildfire devastated the community on July 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
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How Alberta business owners can get help navigating the damage and interruption caused by wildfires
The remains of hotels in Jasper, Alta., on Friday July 26, 2024. The business community of Jasper — a town whose economy depends on tourism, particularly the crucial summer season — is facing an overwhelming challenge in the months ahead. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
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Business Brief: From the wildfires, new battles emerge
The historic B.C. gold rush town of Barkerville is set to reopen after it was forced to evacuate due to the threat of a nearby wildfire 13 days ago.
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The lesson of the Jasper wildfire is spend less on fighting climate change, more on adapting to its effects
Blair Feltmate and Anabela Bonada
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The devastation in Jasper highlights the impact of more damaging wildfires on Canadian tourism
<p>The business community of Jasper — a town whose economy depends on tourism, particularly the crucial summer season — is facing an overwhelming challenge in the months ahead. The remains of restaurants and business' in Jasper, Alta., on Friday July 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken</p>
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‘Not out of the woods’: Jasper wildfire still out of control, hotter weather expected
A helicopter buckets water onto smouldering fires outside of Jasper, Alta., on Friday July 26, 2024. Parks Canada says work to retrieve pets and restore various utility services continues around the Municipality of Jasper as an out of control wildfire burns nearby. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken