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RCMP press release from today gives update on Jasper townsite and national park evacuation, plus new safety measures being implemented.

358 of the 1113 structures in Jasper have been destroyed, payments for evacuees now available.

A project using Google Maps hopes to compile images from Jasper wildfires, verify their authenticity, and geolocate them on a map of Jasper.

Once fire is under control, cleanup and efforts to reestablish essential services will be underway

Sadly a historic church in Jasper has burned to the ground, while other historic buildings and the town's mascot are still standing, but some important landmarks are still a question mark.

Parks Canada says 358 of a total of 1,113 structures within the Jasper townsite have been destroyed by fire

"We had several people show up who were camping with the evacuation happened, or were just unable to get home from work to grab stuff before they left, etc, so had nothing, and were in tears over the generosity of Canmorites."

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The area of the wildfire complex is now estimated to be 36,000 hectares, though officials say mapping the fire has been challenging because of the fire, smoke, strong winds, and relocation of incident management personnel to Hinton.