Wildfire outside Jasper grows more than five times in size overnight (VIDEO)

A raging wildfire outside of Jasper grew by more than five times in size since yesterday, according to an update from Parks Canada.

The Chetamon wildfire experienced “significant growth” due to warm, dry and windy weather and as of Monday morning is pegged at approximately over 8,000 hectares.

On Sunday, the blaze was pegged at 1,500 hectares.

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No communities are at risk at this time, however, the Municipality of Jasper is experiencing a power outage due to the wildfire. ATCO says their crews are enacting their emergency plan and working safely to switch over to generator power for the critical sites.

Parks Canada says it is working with the Government of Alberta on Monday to meet mutual objectives to protect public safety, critical infrastructure and other values at risk.

🟠 #Fire🔥 at Chetamon Mountain, Jasper National Park, Alberta, #Canada🇨🇦 4 September 2022 #Copernicus🇪🇺 #Sentinel-2🛰️ Full-size ➡️ https://t.co/Auzn9B8Lcu #RemoteSensing #OpenData #scicomm #ChetamonFire Image is about 40 kilometers wide pic.twitter.com/osgKh6rmil

— Pierre Markuse (@Pierre_Markuse) September 5, 2022

We’ve seen parts of the fires today. Billowing columns of smoke, almost like a volcano. Definitely way bigger than when we drove past it on Friday. So far #jasper is not at right but we did have a power outage due to the #wildfire https://t.co/L8GgreavC7 pic.twitter.com/Y5NC0fUiWg

— The Tails of Cat Castle #lovewins (@catcastletails) September 5, 2022

More from just east of jasper today #citytv #globalnews #jasperfire pic.twitter.com/p7lz9PNLgu

— Mrs laura taback (@laurawi36932679) September 5, 2022

Jasper forest fire pic.twitter.com/cROcgnrS9w

— Sameer (@sameer_zs) September 5, 2022

Parks Canada also said that Talbot Lake and Talbot Lake Day Use area are closed to all traffic and travel until further notice due to firefighting efforts in the area.

Snaring and Celestine Lake Roads and the surrounding area, including both Snaring and Snaring Overflow Campgrounds and the Jasper Airstrip, are closed.