{"id":231482,"date":"2025-10-22T08:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/231482\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T08:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:55:14","slug":"parks-canada-releases-two-reports-on-jasper-fire-confirming-cause-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/231482\/","title":{"rendered":"Parks Canada releases two reports on Jasper fire confirming cause, development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Jack Farrell<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted October 21, 2025 5:14 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Two reports on last year\u2019s devastating wildfire in <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/jasper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jasper<\/a>, Alta., confirm the blaze was caused by lightning and accelerated by intense winds and dry conditions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760811489_47_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The fire destroyed a third of the town in July 2024 and forced 25,000 residents and visitors to flee.<\/p>\n<p>The reports commissioned by\u00a0Parks\u00a0Canada\u00a0say efforts to reduce fuel for wildfires, including prescribed burns, helped mitigate the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760811490_766_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>But the reports say more burns and other attempts to reduce fuel would have been beneficial, since the fire began in an area that had not burned or been treated in over a century.<\/p>\n<p>The reports also say neighbourhood density and wooden roofs were factors, as embers carried by winds landed on or near buildings.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11487484\/cra-tax-service-calls-auditor-general-report\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761123314_744_f7977ef92ce64d7e004c5f952e756f6fe6af74838a311432c902204737132a38.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCRA gave accurate tax info to 17% of individual callers: AG 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