CROWSNEST FIRE-AUGUST 21, 2003

Danica Anderson

Picture by: Rangga Chandra

SEASONAL WILDFIRE TAKES A NEW DIRECTION

Flame grew to 6 km wall reaching 50 m high.

Picture by: Eggs&Beer

RESIDENTS TOLD TO EVACUATE. IMMEDIATELY.

-- Elaine Hruby

Despite her horror she could not stop looking – “… those flames were like a

magnet.”Picture by: Erik Charlton

- TIMBER INDUSTRY PROFITS.

- LOCAL BUSINESSES REMAIN STEADY.

- TOURISM SUFFERS.Fire consumed 20,000 hectares leaving salvageable

lumber.

Picture by: William Arthur Cooper

ECOLOGICAL PROS AND CONS Pros out way cons.

Picture by: jaudrius