Category: firefighters
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Blaze in Canadian tourist town still out of control but rain helping firefighters By Reuters
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By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – A massive wildfire that has destroyed about a third of the western Canadian tourist town of Jasper remains out of control but rain and cold weather are helping firefighters, authorities said on Friday. Jasper is located in the heart of Alberta’s mountainous Jasper National…
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Canadian wildfire reaches Jasper, firefighters battle to protect oil pipeline By Reuters
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A wildfire reached the town of Jasper in the Canadian province of Alberta on Wednesday, authorities said, one of hundreds of blazes sweeping across the western provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, as firefighters struggle to save key facilities such as the Trans Mountain pipeline. Wildfires burning out of control…