Police Go Door-to-Door in Jasper as Thousands Flee Encroaching Wildfire

Police are conducting door-to-door checks in Jasper, Alta., to ensure all 10,000 residents and visitors have fled the town located at the heart of one of the nation’s most famous national parks as the flames from an approaching wildfire creep closer. The entire national park was issued an evacuation order just after 10 p.m. July 22 after a fire approaching from the south placed the town at risk and closed highways to the east and south. The result was an endless line of slow-moving cars and trucks heading west through the mountains to B.C. under dark, smokey skies. Many evacuees sought refuge for the night in Valemount, B.C., a town of 1,000 approximately 120 kilometres west of Jasper....