Around 5:30 p. order phoenix tears m. Wednesday, the mood suddenly shifted at the Three Ranges Brewery in Valemount, B.C., a town a safe distance from the ferocious wildfire that swept into Jasper.

Several dozen Jasper evacuees who had fled their tiny Alberta town overnight Monday had congregated at the outdoor pub. They had been waiting to find out when they could go home.

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“There’s not going to be a lot left of Jasper by tomorrow,” said Jeff Morris, through tears.

Mr. Morris was working as a guide at Sun Dog Tours on Monday night, when his boss phoned to tell him he had to get out because the entire town was under evacuation order. Mr. Morris drove quickly to the office, jumped into a tour bus and headed for the local senior’s home, loading everyone inside for the frightening, late night drive to Valemount.

The tiny B.C. town of Valemount is like a sister community to Jasper, Nicole Dryden explained. “It’s where Jasper folks go to settle down when they finally grow up,” added J popcorn weed asper bartender, Hannah Basso.

Valemount is small enough that each of the 11 graduating students from Valemount Secondary has their photo displayed on a lamp post on Fifth Avenue, the town’s main drag. That kind of community spirit has also embraced the evacuees.

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Around 11:45 p.m. on Monday, Ms. Dryden and her husband learned people from Jasper were headed their way. Within hours they had taken in a group of eight Ukrainian refugees. Their Ukrainian guests are in shock: “They keep saying: Two months ago, we evacuated our country. Where do we go now?”

“They’ve never even been outside Jasper until now,” she added.

Several evacuees are sleeping at the Legion, the community hall, and a local church. The Valemount Pines Golf and R.V. Park is letting evacuees camp out on their grounds.

“I’ve never met nicer people — ever,” said Jasperite Eric Daniels. He and his wife Katie Potter manage a Bearcat Pizza in Jasper.

“When the fire started, it was 30 kilometres from town. Two hours later, the whole town was ordered to evacuate. I’ve never seen a fire move that quick.”

“Our whole life — it’s gone.”

Ms. Basso broke down in tears after learning the lodge abutting her apartment was in flames.

“I don’t even have shoes,” she said. “We left with the clothes on our backs. The last thing we took was our marriage certificate. Unfortunately, I forgot my Permanent Resident documents. That’s going to be quite a problem,” she added..

The former lawyer from Australia and her Canadian-born husband are camping at a friend’s house in Valemount.

“I feel numb and devastated,” she said, adding a recent heat wave and continuing drought had left her and many others in Jasper with a sense of dread that the town was a tinder box.

“We’re used to fires back home. But this one moved faster than any fire I’ve ever seen.”

Valemount resident Swanny Pleister is also anxious. She took in 15 Jasper evacuees — mostly friends and family — at her farm outside Valemount. But conditions in the area, too, are threatened by wildfire.

“The problem is, we have two more fires threatening our home,” she explained..

She and her husband spent the night before their evacuees arrived installing a sprinkler system on their roof. It’s dampening their home day and night.

“One more storm, one more stupid incident, and it’s, ‘here we go, we’re all going to have to leave Valemount.’”