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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."

Dozens of ag societies across the province including one in Hinton, an hour drive from Jasper are offering space to people who have been forced to flee wildfires in Alberta.

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.

Rain and milder conditions have helped temper the Jasper National Park wildfires, but officials say fires are still out of control and the rain is expected to let up on Friday.

“We are able to confirm that though the hotel did incur fire damage, most of the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge structures, including the main lodge, remain standing and intact."

Critical infrastructure in Jasper has not been damaged by the ongoing complex fire, and fire crews continue to battle structure fires in the town, Parks Canada says.

Edmonton evacuee centre has received 439 people as of Thursday afternoon

This was the second part of the personal account, with more to come. To read the first part, visit: Jasper reporter shares day leading up to heartbreaking evacuation .

“We will recover from this,” says Alberta premier after heartbreaking wildfire that has burned up to half the buildings in Jasper's townsite