Crowsnest Fires

•Aug. 2l, 2003

•6 km wall 50 m high

Witness Accounts

Elaine Hruby:

I didn’t know what to take… you start doing crazy things.

I felt masochistic, sitting on the outcropping, but those flames were like a magnet.

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Economic Effects

Business

Spray Lakes Sawmill:

28%

Environmental Effects

• regrowth

• ecological diversity