Jasper resident returns home after wildfire: ‘It felt like a shell’
Global News
Alice Foubert was among dozens of Jasper residents roaming the town Monday on foot, in cars or on bikes. Some were out walking pets.
When Alice Foubert entered her home in Jasper, Alta., for the first time since a wildfire roared into the community, the rancid smell from her fridge made it difficult for her to recognize where she was.
“It felt like a shell of home,” the 25-year-old said in an interview Monday.
“My heart just sank. I’m used to my cats being in there to greet me but the streets were also pretty empty and it just didn’t feel like home.”
Foubert was among dozens of residents roaming the town Monday on foot, in cars or on bikes. Some were out walking pets.
They were assessing the grey rubble left behind by a wildfire that destroyed a third of the town structures almost a month ago.
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