Wildfire warning as 25,000 tourists flee Canada national park in panic

Hundreds of fires have broken out in Canada (Image: CBS News) Thousands of tourists have been forced to flee Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies after hundreds of wildfires broke out. Alberta province is in the grip of a scorching heatwave that has set off a chain of fires, causing mayhem and panic. Huge tailbacks of cars clogged the roads out of Jasper, as desperate tourists tried to drive to towns in British Columbia.

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